Responds to E. Jean Carroll's assault accusation by saying 'she's not my type'

In an interview with The Hill published June 24, 2019, Trump responded to advice columnist E. Jean Carroll's public accusation that he had sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. Trump denied the account and said Carroll was "totally lying," adding that the assault could not have happened because "she's not my type." He also denied ever having met her, despite a photograph showing the two together. A federal jury in 2023 later found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and for defaming her, and courts held that his 2019 denials, including the "not my type" remark, were defamatory falsehoods.

"I'll say it with great respect: Number one, she's not my type. Number two, it never happened." Quote verified against source