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Trump lawyer tries to discredit E Jean Carroll in bizarre exchange during trial

A woman in a red coat and sunglasses exits a vehicle
E Jean Carroll arrives at Manhattan federal court in New York on 18 January. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

E Jean Carroll’s New York defamation trial against Donald Trump resumed on Thursday with the ex-president’s lawyer trying to discredit her on cross-examination with a bizarre dialectic about genitals and by intimating that she has loose morals.

“Did you ever post any tweets that could be considered sexually explicit?” Alina Habba, Trump’s lead attorney, asked.

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