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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gustaf Kilander

E Jean Carroll lawyer calls Trump a ‘witness against himself’ as defence slammed as ‘harebrained’

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Attorneys for E Jean Carroll described Donald Trump as a “witness against himself” in closing arguments at the civil rape trial against the former president, whose defence was slammed as “harebrained” by a lawyer representing the 79-year-old writer.

Lawyer Roberta Kaplan began her closing on Monday in Manhattan court by calling Ms Carroll’s testimony “credible,” “consistent,” and “powerful,”

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