as president putin tells russians they re in a battle for their existence. we ll speak with ukraine s ambassador to the us. welcome to world news america on pbs, in the uk and around the globe. a jury in new york has found that donald trump sexually abused and defamed ejean carroll. but the nine men and women who served on his civil trial say he did not rape the former columnist, in a department store changing room in the 1990s. mr trump had strenously denied her accusation. nada tawfik is outside the courthouse in new york, and joins me now. what more do we know about the verdict? ed what more do we know about the verdict? ~ ., , , , ., verdict? ed turk “urors less than three hours verdict? ed turk “urors less than three hours to verdict? ed turkjurors less than three hours to make verdict? ed turkjurors less than three hours to make a verdict? ed turkjurors less than l three hours to make a unanimous decision, not finding that donald trump rate eg and carol but
thanks, ari. thank you. we re tracking these two big legal breaking news stories. we have just learned the controversial new york republican congressman george santos has been indicted by the justice department. that s a federal indictment. we re tracking the story, as you heard nicolle just say in the handoff. this is as breaking as it gets. we don t have exact details, don t have the paper, but we do have reporting that that very controversial member of congress known, if nothing else, for his many lies that he was busted for, is now indicted. indeed, this is a fast moving story because he s expected to appear in court as soon as tomorrow. we re tracking that story as well as the other big legal development a jury finding donald trump liable for sexual abuse and lies the defamation this jury says he found he committed against e. jean carroll. that s a huge story, an important one. we have been covering that trial continuously, and i have two essential experts to lea
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
for you, a jury in new york finding donald trump, the republican presidential front runner, by far liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer, e. jean carroll. the jury also awarding the former magazine columnist nearly $5 million in damages to be paid by mr. trump. carol walked out of the manhattan courthouse just moments ago with her lawyer who said that they re quote, very happy with the jury s decision. carol s lawsuit stemmed from an encounter between her and trump in a new york department store dressing room in 1996. she claims donald trump sexually assaulted her. donald trump reacted on his social media platform, writing in all caps, quote, i have absolutely no idea who this woman is, this verdict is a disgrace, continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all-time, unquote. this all comes as trump is facing another very serious case in new york city, just last month the former president pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges related to hush money payments to ad
he defamed her by denying it happened. this is moments away. we will bring it to you live here and stay with it throughout this hour. national correspondent bryan llenas is standing by at the courthouse while we wait for the news that the jurors are about to present this verdict. hi, brian. yes, i m here in new york. we have our producers at the courthouse. we re waiting now what the verdict is. it said that they would be announcing it at 3:00. we re looking to see as soon as we get the verdict what it is. in this case we need to step back here, this is a civil federal case, which means that all nine jurors must come to a unanimous decision on whether or not they believe former president trump committed assault, a battery and whether or not he defamed e. jean carroll. the burden of proof here is lower than a criminal case. you must proved beyond a reasonable doubt in this case. the only thing they have to do is convince the jury that e. jean carroll said the events more tha