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Closing arguments underway in Former President Trump's defamation, battery trial

Headline from ABC 7 Chicago, on the newest of 4 developments

E. Jean Carroll "was exactly" Donald Trump's type and he sexually assaulted her the very way he described treating women on the infamous Access Hollywood tape, an attorney for Carroll said Monday during a closing statement at his defamation and battery trial.

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  1. Trump Lawyers Will Not Offer Witnesses at E. Jean Carroll Rape Defamation Trial

    Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth ·

  2. Trump deposition in E. Jean Carroll rape lawsuit made public

    Headline from News Nation Now ·

  3. Attorneys for Trump and E. Jean Carroll dispute character and evidence in closing arguments of civil rape trial

    Headline from WHDH Boston ·

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    Closing arguments underway in Former President Trump's defamation, battery trial

    Headline from ABC 7 Chicago ·

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  1. CNN

    Trump doesn't plan to put on a defense case in E. Jean Carroll trial, his lawyer says (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The jury also heard from Natasha Stoynoff, a journalist who's accused Trump of sexually assaulting her

  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Trump Lawyers Will Not Offer Witnesses at E. Jean Carroll Rape Defamation Trial (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Donald Trump denies claims he raped the writer E. Jean Carroll in the dressing room of the New York City department store Bergdorf Goodman in the mid-1990s.

  3. Jezebel

    Trump Will Not Mount a Defense in E. Jean Carroll Rape Case (opens Jezebel)

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    Jezebel's feed description

    ‘E. Jean he raped you. You should go to the police," Carroll's friend Lisa Birnbach testified this week at the federal trial, which will soon go to jury.

  4. KTVZ Bend

    E. Jean Carroll and Donald Trump rest their cases in civil rape trial, but Trump could still testify (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Lauren del Valle, CNN Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll and Donald Trump rested their respective cases in the battery and defamation trial against the former president in Manhattan federal court on Thursday evening.

  5. News Nation Now

    Trump deposition in E. Jean Carroll rape lawsuit made public (opens News Nation Now)

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    News Nation Now's feed description

    Jurors at the trial over a lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll got to see the video Friday, providing a glimpse of his emphatic, often colorful denials.

  6. KTVZ Bend

    Attorneys for Trump and E. Jean Carroll dispute character and evidence in closing arguments of civil rape trial (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    CNN By Lauren del Valle, CNN E. Jean Carroll‘s civil battery and defamation trial against Donald Trump neared a close Monday with closing arguments as her attorney told a federal jury in New York that no one is above the law, while Trump’s lawyer said not to hold any negative feelings about the form…

  7. WMUR

    Closing arguments set for E. Jean Carroll civil rape trial against Donald Trump (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    District Judge Lewis Kaplan provided Trump a window to change his mind about testifying over the weekend, giving him a Sunday evening deadline.

  8. CBS News

    Lawyers make closing arguments in E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit accusing Trump of rape (opens CBS News)

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    Trump "has an M.O.," and that is targeting women in "semi-public" places and "grabbing" their genitals, an attorney for Carroll said during closing arguments.

  9. ABC 7 Chicago

    Closing arguments underway in Former President Trump's defamation, battery trial (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    ABC 7 Chicago's feed description

    E. Jean Carroll "was exactly" Donald Trump's type and he sexually assaulted her the very way he described treating women on the infamous Access Hollywood tape, an attorney for Carroll said Monday during a closing statement at his defamation and battery trial.

  10. Wall Street Journal

    Closing Arguments Delivered in E. Jean Carroll Civil Rape Case Against Trump (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    The jury is expected to begin deliberations on Tuesday on the writer’s claims for battery and defamation.

  11. NPR

    Attorneys gave closing arguments in E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit against Trump (opens NPR)

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    Attorneys in the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit against Donald Trump gave their closing arguments. Jurors will determine whether Trump should be held accountable for allegedly sexually attacking Carroll.

  12. New York Times

    E. Jean Carroll’s Lawyers Make Closing Arguments in Trump Rape Trial (opens New York Times)

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    After two weeks, a jury is about to consider whether the former president should be held liable for a sexual assault that the plaintiff says happened decades ago.

  13. NPR

    Closing arguments start for E. Jean Carroll's claims against Trump (opens NPR)

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    A lawyer told a jury Monday that Donald Trump should be held accountable for sexually attacking advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996 because even a former president is not above the law.

  14. NPR

    Closing arguments are set to begin in E. Jean Carroll's civil case against Trump (opens NPR)

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    Former President Donald Trump will not testify at the civil trial where longtime advice columnist E. Jean Carroll accuses him of raping her in a luxury department store dressing room in 1996.

  15. Al Jazeera

    US jury hears closing arguments in lawsuit accusing Trump of rape (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Lawyers for ex-President Donald Trump and writer E Jean Carroll make final statements in New York civil case.

  16. PoliticusUSA

    Trump Got Shredded In E. Jean Carroll Rape Trial Closing Arguments (opens PoliticusUSA)

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    Trump's past behavior and statements were used against him as lawyers for E. Jean Carroll delivered closing arguments in her civil rape lawsuit against the former president.

  17. Los Angeles Times

    Closing arguments complete in Trump rape trial; civil case now goes to the jury (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    A jury hears closing arguments in the lawsuit trial in which Donald Trump is accused of raping writer E. Jean Carroll in a department store in 1996.

  18. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Closing arguments set in rape and defamation suit against Trump (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    NEW YORK - A jury in Manhattan federal court is set to hear closing arguments on Monday from lawyers representing Donald Trump and writer E. Jean Carroll in her civil

  19. New York Post

    Jurors hear closing arguments in E. Jean Carroll’s rape case against Trump (opens New York Post)

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    Closing arguments are slated to begin Monday morning in E. Jean Carroll’s civil case accusing former President Donald Trump of raping her decades ago.

  20. CNN

    Closing arguments set for Monday morning in E. Jean Carroll civil rape trial against Donald Trump (opens CNN)

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    Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll and Donald Trump are set to give closing arguments Monday morning in the battery and defamation trial against the former president in Manhattan federal court.

  21. Newsweek

    E. Jean Carroll demands Trump follow court order, remove rape trial posts (opens Newsweek)

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    Carroll's lawyer said in a court filing that "we continue to object to Mr. Trump's public statements about evidence the Court held to be inadmissible at trial."

  22. Washington Post

    Jury in Carroll's civil case against Trump to hear closing statements (opens Washington Post)

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    Washington Post's feed description

    Jurors are to hear closing statements in a civil lawsuit brought by author E. Jean Carroll against former president Donald Trump, who she says raped her in the mid-1990s.

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