finds former president donald j. trump sexually abused writer e. jean carroll. the witness who testified in the case is outfront tonight. plus, breaking news. embattled congressman george santos lied about his resume and he is now facing criminal charges from the doj and we learned he can be arrested in just hours. putin mocked after one single tank was on display for russia s big victory day parade, what happened? a russia insider who predicted this is my guest. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, sexual abuse. a new york jury today finding former president donald trump sexually abused writer e. jean carroll inside a department store dressing room in the 1990s. jurors needed to believe that trump subjected carroll to sexual contact by physical force without her consent. the jury did that and they also
civil case against donald trump. the former president found liable for sexually abusing carroll and defaming her. cnn s jean ka satellite and radar genjean casaras is joig us. gi give us the latest. reporter: cnn has just received a statement from e. jean carroll, the world finally knows the truth and this is a victory for other women who have not been believed. a manhattan federal jury found former president donald trump sexually abused e. jean carroll in a department store dressing room in the 1990s and subsequently defame her. carroll alleged trump sexually assaulted her in the bergdorf goodman in the spring of 1996
we re not going to give any politician, including the president, a blank check to continue to bankrupt the country. they didn t produce a budget. what they did was produce a ransom note. reporter: yesterday all but six senate republicans vowed to oppose raising the debt ceiling without, quote, substantive spending and budget reforms but both sides must come together quickly. treasury officials warn that the u.s. is less than a month away from running out of cash to pay its bills on time. jericka? that s not very long. skyler henry for us at the white house, thank you. today former president donald trump missed a hard deadline to testify in his own defense at a civil trial in new york. columnist e. jean carroll is suing trump for battery and defamation after he denied claims that he raped her in a department store dressing room in the mid- 90s. closing arguments begin tomorrow. tonight severe thunderstorms with large hail and hurricane-force winds threaten
historically that s true with stars. reporter: armed with the former president s deposition, carroll s attorney told the jury mr. trump has a playbook for sexual assaults, spelled out in the access hollywood tape where he talks about stars grabbing women as something that happens. unfortunately or fortunately. reporter: who would say fortunately, her attorney argued. he thinks stars like him can get away with it. the former advice columnist has accused mr. trump of raping her in a department store dressing room in the mid 90s, which he denies. it s the most ridiculous, disgusting story. it s just made up. reporter: but carroll s attorney argued this is not a he said/she said, pointing to two friends who testified carroll told them about the alleged assault at the time. playing off mr. trump s own words, the attorney suggested carroll was his type because he mistook this photo of carroll for his ex-wife, marla maples. the former president s defense lawyer joe tacopina t
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