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
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trump and won t, what will they see this verdict as? a new york city jury coming to this verdict and donald trump maybe going out there and saying listen, clearly, the jury was confused because they said i didn t rape her. i think that s the heart of the question here going forward. i was talking to some young republican voters here who were standing by donald trump. i asked them about january 6th and each grimaced saying they didn t agree with it but want him back in the white house for a myriad of other reasons. took away from that was a conversation i had with an all lie of liz cheney. he went up in the air waves in new hampshire today with an attack ad warning about what is to come if donald trump is back in the oval office again because when you re talking about donald trump s character, for eight years, republican voters have answered the question. they have pushed aside these cases. whether it be january 6th or