Trump found liable for sexual abuse and defamation

1 big thing

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🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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A Manhattan jury on Tuesday found former President Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation in the civil case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll – and awarded her $5 million in damages. Plus, a push to lower the age of breast cancer screenings. And, federal prosecutors file criminal charges against New York Rep. George Santos. Guests: Axios' Margaret Talev and George Washington University's Dr. Leana Wen. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Alexandra Botti, Fonda Mwangi, Lydia McMullen-Laird and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go Deeper: Trump held liable for sexual battery, defamation in E. Jean Carroll lawsuit Women should start getting mammograms at 40 not 50, major health panel says Exclusive: Rep. George Santos charged by Justice Department in federal probe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.7	i'm nila budu today lowering the age for breast cancer screenings plus new york representative
0:43.7	george santo's faces criminal charges but first former president trump is found liable for
0:50.0	sexual abuse and defamation that's our one big thing a manhattan jury yesterday unanimously
0:59.6	found former president donald trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation a brighter aging carol
1:05.6	and awarded her five million dollars in damages although the jury of six men and three women
1:10.8	rejected her accusation of rape this marks the first time the former president has been held
1:15.9	legally responsible for sexual assault and defamation trump's team immediately said it plans to
1:21.5	appeal the verdict actresses margarit tollev is here with the big picture high margarit hi nila
1:26.8	at least 26 women have accused the former president of sexual misconduct or assault but
1:32.3	this is the first time trump has been held responsible in a courtroom what else do we need to know
1:37.9	about this case i think that's a serious measure of accountability is undeniably going to impact
1:43.2	his presidential campaign and it couldn't bolden some of the women we know about and perhaps
1:48.4	others who have been impacted by the former president's actions themselves it's also a signal to
1:54.9	thousands of women around the country who have felt well no one's going to believe me or i can't
1:59.3	come forward or it happened so long ago this lawsuit was possible because of something called the
2:04.3	adult survivors act that is a state law in new york that was signed last year and it allows
2:12.0	victims of abuse to come forward even after the statute of limitations and while the jury did not
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