Manhattan Jury Seated For E. Jean Carroll Rape, Defamation Trial Against Trump

A 9-member Manhattan jury on Tuesday was seated for E. Jean Carroll’s rape and defamation trial against Trump. In 2019, E. Jean Carroll alleged Donald Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990’s Trump has denied the allegations and called E. Jean Carroll a “whack job” who’s “not my type.” Carroll refiled the lawsuit in November 2022 after New York passed the Adult Survivors Act which allows adults to sue over sexual assaults that occurred decades ago. Judge Kaplan, a Clinton appointee ruled last month that...