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April 25, 2023

Jury Selection Begins in Civil Trial Accusing Trump of Rape and Defamation
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Here in New York, jury selection has begun in a civil trial against
Donald Trump brought by author E. Jean Carroll. The former magazine
columnist alleges Trump raped her in a dressing room at a department
store in the mid-1990s. Carroll can bring the case decades later because
New York opened a one-year window on the statute of limitations for
adult survivors of sexual assault. The judge in the case has ruled two
other women who say they were sexually assaulted by Trump can take the
stand, as well.


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