The Consequences of Trump's Sexual Assault Conviction

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Constance Grady: It's going to be really, really hard to weigh out the consequences for Trump politically. She says this case makes a good portrait of how we are continuously finding our legal system not very effective at dealing with sexual assault. Grady: The voters who didn't want Trump for president in 2020, this would seem to be another nail in the coffin.

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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