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Women to testify they can corroborate E Jean Carroll’s rape allegation against Trump

Former advice columnist E Jean Carroll departs Manhattan federal court on Monday in New York.
Former advice columnist E Jean Carroll departs Manhattan federal court on Monday in New York. Photograph: John Minchillo/AP

Jurors in E Jean Carroll’s legal action against Donald Trump for alleged rape and defamation are expected to begin hearing on Tuesday from two women who say they can back key parts of the advice columnist’s account.

Carroll wrapped up three days on the witness stand on Monday as the judge in the civil case, Lewis Kaplan, denied a defense motion for a mistrial on the grounds that he had made “pervasive unfair and prejudicial rulings” against Trump’s team during its cross-examination of the former president’s accuser.

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