Republicans, Democrats React to Verdict Against Trump in E. Jean Carroll Lawsuit

Republicans, Democrats React to Verdict Against Trump in E. Jean Carroll Lawsuit
Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll leaves a Manhattan courthouse on May 9, 2023, after a jury found former President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing her in a Manhattan department store in 1996. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Republicans and Democrats reacted to the May 9 news that a jury found former President Donald Trump liable for sexually assaulting advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, resulting in an award of $5 million in a judgment that could plague the former president as he campaigns for reelection.

Trump, who did not attend the trial, has asserted that he has never sexually assaulted—or even known—Carroll. Trump posted to Truth Social in response to news of the verdict, saying, “I have absolutely no idea who this woman is. This verdict is a disgrace - a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time!”
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