Legal experts weigh in on Trump's potential testimony in E. Jean Carroll rape trial.

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Legal experts say that former US President Donald Trump faces a "huge" legal risk whether he testifies or not in the civil battery and defamation trial brought by E Jean Carroll, who alleges that Trump raped her in a Manhattan department store nearly three decades ago. If he doesn't testify, the jury will only hear one side of the story, and they may conclude that he's afraid of showing up because he knows the allegations are true. If he does testify and makes admissions of guilt, he could open himself up to criminal liability as New York does not have a statute of limitations for first-degree sexual assault.
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