11 May 2023

Ruling won't stop Donald Trump running for president

From Morning Report, 7:40 am on 11 May 2023

Writer E.Jean Carroll has spoken after winning a defamation and sexual assault case against Donald Trump.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 25, 2023 Writer E. Jean Carroll arrives as jury selection is set to begin in the defamation case against former US President Donald Trump brought by Carroll, who accused him of raping her in the 1990s, at the Manhattan Federal Court, New York.

Writer E. Jean Carroll arrives at the Manhattan Federal Court, New York on 25 April, 2023 for the defamation case against former US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP / Timothy A. Clary

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