there s a verdict. the jury in donald trump s civil rape case deliberated for just about three hours. the judge announced he will read the verdict at 3:00 p.m. it is 3:00 p.m. the lawyers are in the room. the judge is in the room. the jury is in the room. so any moment now we will hear from they decided. six men and three women were charged with that deciding. one, did donald trump rape carroll and did he defame her when he said she was lying. if so, how much money does carroll deserve to be fairly and adequately compensated for her injuries? in closing arguments, her attorney told the jury donald trump didn t show up because he knew he did it. trump s attorney said trump didn t testify because there was nothing to testify to. he said the whole story was an unbelievable work of fiction. kaplin said carroll was exactly donald trump s type and she played the video deposition where trump mistook carroll for his ex-wife, marla maples. he said she couldn t give a date to when the
Only him, but a greater political movement. ultimately, e. jean carroll took him to trial on that. claiming that she was defamed because of that october post in which he said this was part of a hoax and just like her allegations, all the others in his words, were also false and now what you have and if i may, what the other republican candidates running for president of the united states has is a jury. here today answering the very specific question, mr. trump sexually abused miss carroll, a jury answered unanimously yes. now the question here is when we re talking in political terms, morning consult polling released, showed donald trump who are in this 2024 primary with his largest lead yet. 60% to 19% against ron desantis. we have seen no republican come attack donald trump over the e. jean carroll case here. we had seen them over the last