Jury selection to begin in E Jean Carroll defamation trial against Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : "It's unclear whether Trump will testify, as his stated plans to appear at court have changed at the last minute in other proceedings.
40% : Trump, at the time still president, immediately went on the attack, claiming: "I've never met this person in my life.
26% : At that time, Carroll couldn't pursue legal action against Trump for the claimed sexual assault, as it had fallen outside New York's civil statute of limitations.
24% : Carroll said that Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room nearly 30 years ago.
23% : The advent of New York state's Adult Survivors Act in 2022 - which provided a one-year window allowing adult survivors of sexual misconduct to sue their accused abusers - enabled her to sue Trump again, for the underlying assault claim.
16% : This second lawsuit went on trial in April 2023 and jurors awarded her $5m, finding Trump liable of sexual abuse and defamation for the post-presidency comments.

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