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
his ex-wife, marla maples. he said she couldn t give a date to when the rape occurred. he said how do you prove a negative? kaplin said put two things together. one, carroll, exactly trump s type, and two, trump told you what his m.o. is on the access hollywood tape. she said the evidence shows overwhelmingly trump followed this playbook and in the dressing room grabbed carroll by the genitals. he said carroll s team wants you to hate him. hate trump. hate him enough to ignore the facts to focus on anything but the story. joining me now from outside the courthouse is ron allen and lisa ruben. also with me is vaughn hillyard. i keep looking down because i ve got this note from one of our producers in the room and he s going to be populating that note with the verdict. lisa, you ve been inside this
trump was like an octopus. she was seated next to him on a plane. she couldn t keep his hands off of her. he had 40 zillion hands, she said. vaughn hillyard, we haven t explicitly said this, but let s say it now. this is a former president of the united states being found liable not just for defamation, but for sexually assaulting a woman. and part of what makes this so monumental is that there were so many allegations in 2016 and beyond that donald trump did just that to a lot of different women. he always denied each and every one. sometimes he would say i ve never met the person. sometimes he would say they re not my type. he said that about jessica and also carroll. that s the where kaplin replayed that video deposition where he
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
he has no alibi because they can t give you a date for when this allegedly occurred. i should tell you everybody is standing up for the jury right now. now the jury is entering. sorry, getting all these updates from adam reece who s inside the room. once we get a verdict, i ll tell you. but donald trump not testifying, lisa, good thing or bad thing for the defense? i think it was a bad thing for the defense. they said multiple times this is not a criminal trial therefore the burden of proof in a criminal case beyond a reasonable doubt isn t applicable. that had real reverberations for trump on the flip side, too. that meant because it wasn t a criminal trial, the plaintiff s lawyers could make a big deal out of the fact donald trump didn t show up. not only did kaplin tell the jury he didn t show up because he knew he did it, but the colleague said you ve heard a lot about respect for the rule of law in your rule as jury ors