Trump's Vote of Liability for Sexual Battery

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Trump is not being found guilty of criminal charges. What he has to do is pay aging Carol $5 million in damages, both compensatory for her pain and suffering after the attack and for harming her reputation due to the defamation. One of the open questions is whether this is going to affect his political career going forward. For a lot of politicians, I think that would not be an open question.

A New York jury awarded $5 million to journalist E. Jean Carroll, whose civil suit against the former president alleged sexual battery and defamation. Vox’s Constance Grady explains.

This episode was produced by Siona Peterous and Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Amanda Lewellyn and Amina Al-Sadi, engineered by Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.

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