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A civil jury in New York City has found President Donald Trump not guilty of raping E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room nearly three decades ago. The jury found Trump liable for forcibly touching, sexually abusing and battery of Carroll. They also found he defamed her. Trump will be ordered to pay Carroll $5 million in damages. President Trump denied all of the charges and accusations. Further, he maintains he never knew or met Carroll. "It's the most ridiculous, disgusting story. It's just made up," Trump said during his deposition in the case. Trump's legal team has...

A federal jury on Tuesday began hearing columnist E. Jean Carroll’s allegations that Donald Trump raped her in a department-store dressing room in the 1990s, in a civil trial spurred by a recent New York law that gave alleged long-ago survivors of sexual assault a new opportunity to file lawsuits. “We will present overwhelming evidence that Ms. Carroll is telling the truth,” Shawn G. Crowley, a lawyer for Ms. Carroll, told jurors during opening statements in the civil case. Joe Tacopina, a lawyer for Mr. Trump, said Ms. Carroll made up the story for money and political reasons. “What E....

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in New York ruled Tuesday that the Justice Department cannot step in to shield President Donald Trump from a libel lawsuit filed by a woman who claims he raped her in a New York City department store more than 20 years ago. The Justice Department had sought to block the lawsuit, filed by former gossip columnist E. Jean Carroll, by arguing that the president was acting in his official capacity when he told White House reporters that she made up the rape story. Carroll sued, claiming that his statements branding her a liar damaged her...