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Trump Found Liable for Sex Abuse

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

A jury finds that E. Jean Carroll proved her case that Donald Trump once abused her in a dressing room, awarding her millions of dollars. Rep. George Santos is charged by federal prosecutors. And an influential panel says women should begin getting mammograms at age 40. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Wednesday, May 10th, and a former US president is liable for sexual abuse.

0:06.0

You start here.

0:07.0

In a landmark decision of the MeToo era, a jury sides with E. Jean Carroll over Donald Trump.

0:16.0

A former president of the United States labeled a sexual abuser.

0:21.0

What does this mean for him, his political future, and the many other women who have made similar allegations?

0:27.0

Those weren't criminal charges, but these charges against a congressman are...

0:31.0

The Department of Justice plays to win every time.

0:34.0

George Santos has now been charged by the feds, but for what?

0:38.0

And was the last decade of guidance a decade too late?

0:41.0

If you don't screen this population, women's lives will be affected.

0:46.0

A new model for mammograms may be on the way.

0:51.0

From ABC News, this is Stark Here. I'm Brad Milky.

0:58.0

When Donald Trump became president, the phrase MeToo was not yet considered a hashtag.

1:06.0

That became a worldwide phenomenon in 2017 after Harvey Weinstein became persona non grata, after Trump's inauguration, and a full year after his access Hollywood tape had become public.

1:18.0

Over and over since then, in the MeToo era, women have recounted being sexually harassed or assaulted,

1:25.0

deciding to put the incident behind them only to see their abusers promoted, praised, and politically elevated.

1:32.0

They become omnipresent, almost impossible to ignore, and it's at this moment many women say that they feel the need to come forward even years later.

1:41.0

That's what E. Jean Carroll says happened to her, that a well-known businessman named Donald Trump once raped her in a department store dressing room, and went on to become the most famous man on the planet.

1:52.0

There was never a criminal trial, the statute of limitations had passed, but when Trump called E. Jean Carroll a liar, she sued him.

1:59.0

And yesterday, in one of the most damning verdicts against a president in American history, a jury concluded that Donald Trump is lying, that they believe is accuser.

2:09.0

ABC Senior Investigative correspondent, Eric Katerzky, is at the courthouse where this all happened yesterday.

2:14.0

Aaron, this was a quick verdict, right? What did the jury find?

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