Jury Deliberates in Trump Rape Trial as Closing Arguments Highlight Damning Evidence.

The jury in the rape trial of former US President Donald Trump and advice columnist E Jean Carroll begins deliberations to decide if Trump sexually assaulted Carroll and then defamed her by denying it. Carroll is suing for unspecified damages, claiming that Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in 1996. Trump called the accusations a hoax and Carroll a “nut job”. Carroll is also seeking damages for defamation after Trump accused her of lying about the attack and “destroyed her reputation” when she went public with her allegations in 2019.