Trump rape allegation trial begins, ex-Tucker Carlson producer speaks out

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🗓️ 26 April 2023

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Former President Trump is accused of rape in court. The panel discusses what E. Jean Carroll alleges happened in that department store dressing room in 1996. She plans to testify tomorrow. Plus, an ex-Fox news producer for Tucker Carlson’s show speaks out about the rampant misogyny and anti-Semitism she witnessed behind the scenes. Abby Grossberg, who is suing the network after needing to take medical leave, says she has over 90 audio recordings of from her time at Fox to support her case.Also tonight: are Justices living up to the standards of the Supreme Court? Plus, Biden warns of the Trump threat and “MAGA extremists” in his reelection video, CNN presses a Putin official on a possible prisoner swap for detained Americans, and, comedian Hari Kondabolu clears the air with Rep. Ocasio-Cortez over a 2017 snub. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening everyone. I'm Allison Kamerata. Welcome to CNN Tonight. Former
0:09.7	President Trump accused of rape in court today. What EG and Carol says happened in
0:14.5	that department store dressing room in 1996. She plans to testify tomorrow. Why is
0:20.5	Donald Trump not expected to? Plus Tucker Carlson's former producer reveals that
0:25.7	she has many audio recordings from her time at Fox. I still have I have several
0:33.2	recordings that I'm still going through that we've recovered from all of the
0:36.6	phones. There are 90 that we have. So we will discuss the vile behavior that
0:43.4	Grossberg says was part of a daily life at Fox and why Fox management allows
0:48.6	their hosts to create that toxic workplace. All right the panel is here with me
0:54.1	they're wearing to go. We have former Senate candidate Joe Kenyon. Paula Reed,
0:58.3	CNN senior legal affairs correspondent Natasha Alfred, host of the Greo weekly and
1:03.2	Moe Shwanunu, host of the Moe news podcast. But let's begin with the EG and Carol
1:08.0	case. The trial started today in New York where attorneys laid out their
1:11.7	case. The Donald Trump raped Carol in a department store dressing room in the
1:15.7	spring of 1996. The judge is allowing Carol to call two other women as
1:20.7	witnesses to show Trump's pattern of alleged sexual assault. Carol's attorney
1:25.4	said in court today quote three women, one clear pattern, pounce, kiss, grab,
1:31.9	group, don't wait. When you're a store you can do anything you want and when they
1:37.0	speak up about what happened attack humiliate them, call them liars and call
1:41.8	them too ugly to assault. End quote. Trump's attorney fired back saying quote she
1:46.5	is abusing the system by advancing a false claim of rape for money for
1:50.7	political reasons and for status and in doing so she's really minimizing the
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