Trump to sit for deposition in lawsuit against ABC News anchor

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Trump is in the process of appealing both cases.
50% : The judge said Trump must appear in person in the Southern District of Florida for the deposition at some point during the week and that questioning could last up to four hours.
36% : In the first case, a jury found in May 2023 that Trump "sexually abused" and defamed Carroll and awarded her $5 million.
34% : "The news anchor's comments came after Carroll successfully brought two separate civil lawsuits against Trump, one for rape and defamation and one for defamation.
25% : ABC News attorneys have argued that by many standards outside of New York penal law, the findings in the Carroll cases mean Trump did in fact rape her during a brief encounter in a dressing room in the 1990s.
24% : However, the jury also found that Trump did not rape Carroll, based on how the term is defined in New York penal law.
23% : At issue are claims Stephanopoulos made in March during an interview with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), when he said numerous times that Trump was found "liable for rape.
21% : In the second case, a judge found Trump defamed Carroll and a jury awarded her $83 million in damages for the judge's finding.
13% : Meanwhile, Trump has been unsuccessful in all of his lawsuits in recent years against major media outlets, including the New York Times, CNN, and the Washington Post, all of which he has criticized as "fake news."
6% : The order marks the latest development in a lawsuit Trump brought against Stephanopoulos this year over allegations the host defamed Trump by lying on television about the president-elect's legal battles with former Elle columnist E. Jean Carroll.

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