Donald Trump testifies at E. Jean Carroll's defamation trial for just...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Trump is expected to attend.
62% : "Yes, I did," Trump answered.
52% : Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan only asked the former commander-in-chief one question during cross-examination -- whether this was the first of Carroll's two trials that Trump had attended, to which he answered yes.Trump was asked one final question by Habba about if the reason he didn't attend the first trial was because he was following the advice of his former lawyer -- to which he also replied yes.
52% : Trump came to court for the first two days of trial last week, but skipped one day while he attended the funeral for his mother-in-law, Amalija Knavs.
50% : "No, I just wanted to defend myself, my family ... and frankly, the presidency," Trump answered.
48% : "I saw her in a picture," Trump said of Carroll in the Oct. 19, 2022, tape.
44% : The only witness called by Habba -- other than Trump -- was retired television journalist Carol Martin, who was grilled about whether she thought her longtime friend Carroll enjoyed the attention she got from going public about the alleged assault.
43% : But after the jury was sent home, Trump didn't miss an opportunity to sound off.
43% : That trial, in which New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking $370 million from Trump, wrapped in December and Engoron has said he hopes to render his verdict by next Wednesday.
41% : "But Judge Lewis Kaplan quickly jumped in and told the jury to disregard everything Trump had said after, "Yes, I did.
37% : Moments before Trump took the stand, as his attorney and the judge were negotiating what he'd be allowed to say, the 2024 Republican presidential candidate loudly muttered "I don't know who the woman is.
30% : In that case, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron had to repeatedly instruct Trump to stop making speeches -- but the real estate mogul was still given far greater leeway and was on the stand for much longer.
29% : Crowley said that Carroll lost her journalistic reputation when Trump levied his position as president to discredit her.
27% : "Habba then asked if he ever intended to hurt Carroll -- a question that appeared meant to defend against the former "Ask E. Jean" advice columnist's claims that Trump "unleashed his followers" on her.
26% : Kaplan imposed the restrictions after a different jury at an earlier trial last May found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her with statements he made on Truth Social in 2022 -- and ordered him to pay her $5 million in damages.
22% : His defense attorney Alina Habba was only allowed to ask him a handful of questions, and Trump was barred from veering off-topic.
22% : The ex-president's muzzling was a product of a prior ruling by the judge that barred Trump from denying both that he had sexually assaulted, and that he didn't know Carroll, at the trial.
22% : That leaves jurors with the sole task of determining how much Trump should be ordered to pay Carroll in damages.
21% : The judge before the ongoing trial also determined that Trump defamed Carroll for the comments he made in 2019 when she first came forward with her allegations.
18% : Then, Habba asked if Trump was defending himself when he denied Carroll's sexual assault allegations in public statements as president in 2019.
15% : First, Habba asked Trump about taped testimony from 2022 in which he denied knowing Carroll, 80, who has accused him of sexually assaulting her and defaming her by calling her a liar.
15% : The judge again jumped in and told the jury to disregard everything in Trump's statement after the word "No."Still, Trump was uncharacteristically subdued during his brief stint n the witness stand -- apart from two outburst when the jury wasn't around, including huffing "This is not America" as he left the courtroom.
8% : Carroll's lawyer, Shawn Crowley, told the jury during opening statements last week that Trump "unleashed his followers" on Carroll who has received hateful messages and death threats ever since Trump denied knowing her and called her accusations false.

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