E. Jean Carroll v. the United States?

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🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The Justice Department seeks to intervene to the benefit of President Trump in a defamation case brought by journalist E. Jean Carroll, who accused him of raping her decades ago. Unemployed Americans say they won’t forget inaction by Congress. Plus, whether there’s a future for karaoke.

Reporter Matt Zapotosky on the Justice Department’s case for defending the president in a year-old defamation suit.

People hurting financially in the U.S. say they won’t forget Congress’s lack of action during the pandemic, according to economics correspondent Heather Long.

Nightlife reporter Fritz Hahn says singing in public isn’t the safest thing to do during a pandemic. But karaoke super fans are eager for the fun to return.

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0:35.6	It's Wednesday, September 9th.
0:40.2	Today, why the Department of Justice is intervening on President Trump's behalf,
0:44.9	a K-shaped economy, and the future of karaoke.
0:48.4	E. Jean Carroll is a journalist and author who last year went public with accusations that Donald
0:59.9	Trump had raped her more than two decades prior in a department store.
1:05.3	Carroll talked about those accusations last year with one of her colleagues reporter
1:09.0	Beth Reinhardt, and warning that it's difficult to hear.
1:12.8	I got a knee up high enough to push him out and off.
1:20.5	I don't really guess it was a very short amount of time that he had penetrated.
1:27.3	It was generally against my will.
1:29.3	Definitely.
1:30.1	Donald Trump would later deny those allegations.
1:33.2	I have no idea who this woman is.
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