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E. Jean Carroll testifies in court, "I'm here because Donald Trump raped me"
Trump "shattered my reputation," E. Jean Carroll testified in the trial, accusing the former president of rape and then of defamation.
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Trump "shattered my reputation," E. Jean Carroll testified in the trial, accusing the former president of rape and then of defamation.
Carroll came forward with her story in 2019, alleging that Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.
Carroll says Trump raped her in the mid-1990s and defamed her when she went public with the story in 2019.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg had sought to block ex-prosecutor Mark Pomerantz from testifying in the Congressional probe.
Former Mark Pomerantz was subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee and scheduled to appear Thursday morning.
The House Judiciary Committee and its Republican chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan, are seeking to question former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz about the Trump investigation.
Weisselberg spent three months behind bars after appearing as the star witness in the corporation's tax fraud trial.
Bragg sued on April 11, asking a federal judge to halt a subpoena of a former Manhattan prosecutor.
Trump was expected to have answered questions on Thursday, unlike a previous deposition in which he invoked the 5th Amendment more than 400 times.
The suit was filed in federal court in Florida.
The 50-page suit asks a court to block a subpoena Jordan issued to a former Manhattan prosecutor who led the investigation into Trump.
The threats peaked after former President Donald Trump was arraigned Tuesday.
Mark Pomerantz turned down a request to voluntarily cooperate with a congressional investigation.
Throughout the nearly hourlong proceeding Trump sat with his body facing forward, frequently turning his head to stare at defense attorneys and prosecutors as they spoke.
Judge Juan Merchan presided over the convictions of two Trump Organization companies and a guilty plea by their former chief financial officer.