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Margaret Sullivan

E Jean Carroll won. And Trump can be now portrayed as a sexual abuser

‘Who are you going to believe – a proven congenital liar or a 79-year-old, beloved advice columnist who offered significant corroboration for her version of events?’ Photograph: Edna Leshowitz/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

No, the verdict did not amount to total vindication. But for E Jean Carroll and for the more than two dozen other women who, over many years, have accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct, it came close.

Finally – finally – this oft-accused predator would be held accountable for at least some fraction of his misdeeds.

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