Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「A federal jury found Donald Trump liable to E. Jean Carroll for battery and defamation and ordered him to pay $5 million in damages, after a civil trial in which the columnist alleged the former president raped her in a Manhattan department store nearly 30 years ago.⁠ ⁠ The jury, following a two-week civil trial, didn’t find that Trump committed rape but found it more likely than not that he sexually abused Carroll in a dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman, sometime around 1996. Jurors also found that Trump defamed Carroll in comments he made denying her allegations, which she first made publicly in 2019.⁠ ⁠ The verdict is a rebuke to Trump as he seeks the 2024 Republican presidential nomination while being dogged by a host of legal troubles. He is separately facing New York criminal charges connected to his payment of hush money to a porn star before the 2016 election, as well as other criminal investigations related to the pressuring of Georgia officials after the 2020 election, his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, and his handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence. He is also facing civil fraud allegations from the New York attorney general and another civil lawsuit from Carroll, who formerly was a longtime Elle magazine columnist and at one time a writer for “Saturday Night Live.”⁠ ⁠ Trump has denied wrongdoing in all of these matters. He chose not to testify in the Carroll trial—or attend any of the proceedings in person—but in a videotaped deposition under oath he accused Carroll of making up her allegations for publicity and political reasons, calling it “the most ridiculous, disgusting story.” His lawyers argued Carroll’s allegations contained inconsistencies, and that she had not behaved like a rape victim at the time of the alleged incident or in the years since.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ Photo: John Minchillo/AP」5月10日 4時44分