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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz

Trump lawyer cross examines rape accuser at rape trial

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Former President Donald Trump’s lawyer went on the attack Thursday against writer E. Jean Carroll's claims that she was raped by Trump in the 1990s, using cross examination to try to discredit the longtime advice columnist before a jury at a New York civil trial.

Attorney Joe Tacopina began his questioning in Manhattan federal court by citing Carroll's own words as he asked her to acknowledge that she has described her account as odd.

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