manhattan today, we learned that defendant donald j trump will not testify in his civil rape trial. that s significant development comes after e. jean carroll wrapped up a marathon of testimony, when she told the jury that trump raped her in a department store in the 1990s. today, on day five of the trial, the jury heard from lisa birnbach, a longtime friend of e. jean carroll, who testified that e. jean carroll called her just minutes after she said she was assaulted by donald trump. lisa birnbach he said that during the call e. jean carroll sounded breathless, hyper ventilating, emotional, and that carroll told her, he pulled down my tights. he pulled down by. tights lisa birnbach told the jury, i want the world to know that he was telling the carroll s lawyers also called jessica leeds to the stand. she said on trump assaulted her on a flight telling the jury, all of a sudden, trump decided to kiss me and broke me. he was grabbing my breasts. it s like he had 40 zillion hands.