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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Joe Sommerlad

What E Jean Carroll had to prove to win her Trump civil rape trial - and why he isn’t ‘guilty’

Stephanie Keith/Getty/Jeff J Mitchell/Getty

Jurors in E Jean Carroll’s civil battery and defamation case against former US president Donald Trump in New York took just three hours of deliberations before returning their verdict.

The nine-person panel was given the case on Tuesday and did not waste any time in bringing the case to a swift and damaging end for the 2024 Republican presidential hopeful.

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