E. Jean Carroll, a prominent advice columnist for Elle magazine in New York, said that she had a chance encounter with Donald Trump. She went shopping after work at Burgdorff Goodman, a very, you know, luxury department store on Stith Ave in Manhattan. He was standing outside and it was dark. So it must have been 630, maybe 7. I want to get to that case, that trial, and ultimately to the verdict and what it means. But I want to start with Ben the unexpected, and in a lot of ways, improbable legal journey, that brought E. Jean Carroll's case to this point. Tell us that story.
This episode contains detailed descriptions of sexual assault.
A jury in Manhattan has found former President Donald J. Trump legally liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll.
Ben Weiser, who covers the Manhattan federal courts for The Times, tells the story of how a nearly 30-year-old case reached this moment.
Guest: Benjamin Weiser, a correspondent for The New York Times covering the Manhattan federal courts.
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