Takeaways from Donald Trump's testimony at the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial

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54% : Trump replied.
48% : Trump responded, "No I just wanted to defend myself, my family and frankly the presidency.
46% : Habba asked Martin whether she felt that Carroll enjoyed the attention that came with her lawsuits against Trump.
44% : Takeaways from Donald Trump's testimony at the E. Jean Carroll defamation trialGregory KriegUpdated January 26, 2024 at 1:23 AMTwo days after dominating the New Hampshire GOP's presidential primary, all but assuring himself a third straight nomination and rematch with President Joe Biden, Donald Trump returned to a Manhattan federal courthouse.
41% : Here's what to know from Thursday:Trump (finally and briefly) testifiesAfter days of back and forth teases over whether he would appear, Trump was on the witness stand for mere minutes on Thursday.
41% : It was not the first time, and surely not the last, that Trump used the courtroom as a political platform.
40% : In another deposition video from this case, one of Carroll's attorneys asks Trump whether it was fair to call him a "real estate tycoon" in the 1990s, to which he answered yes.
38% : Carroll's lawyers play the tapesCarroll's attorneys also played videos for the jury from a recent Trump media appearance and a deposition from this case in which Trump attests to his personal wealth and another where the former president disparaged Carroll and denied knowing the writer.
33% : Trump plays the victimPerhaps more interesting than anything he said in court - before or during his testimony - was Trump's decision to show up in the first place.
32% : The defense's questions were effectively pre-cleared by the judge, as Trump was not allowed to re-litigate the verdict from last year.
27% : "Judge Kaplan cut him off, instructing the court to strike everything Trump said after his initial confirmation.
22% : Carroll's lawyers also played clips from earlier depositions and media statements by Trump in which he disparages Carroll as "sick," threatens to sue her attorney, and rants about the "hoaxes" that have been played on him.
20% : The judge did not allow any testimony from Martin about that or Carroll's rape allegations against Trump based on pretrial rulings.
19% : In the first trial, Martin said she was having issues with Carroll at the time she sent the messages and later felt bad about it.Martin testified on Carroll's behalf in the first trial, recalling how her friend confided in her about an altercation with Trump shortly after it happened, telling her, "You won't believe what happened to me the other night" before repeatedly saying, "Trump attacked me."
18% : "This is a hoax," Trump said during a deposition in this case from October 2022.
10% : The trial centers on Trump's 2019 comments about E. Jean Carroll, the writer who last year won a civil verdict over her claim Trump sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s and then defamed her when she first publicly accused him.

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