Deposed under oath in E. Jean Carroll defamation and rape case

Trump sat for a sworn deposition in writer E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit accusing him of raping her in the 1990s and lying by calling her a liar. After a federal judge rejected his attempt to delay, he was questioned under oath about his denials, his pattern of disparaging Carroll, and his history of similar allegations from other women. The deposition highlighted his ongoing legal exposure over sexual misconduct claims he has dismissed as politically motivated and forced him to confront his statements in a formal legal setting.

“I don't know this woman, have no idea who she is, other than it seems she got a picture of me many years ago, with her husband, shaking my hand on a reception line at a celebrity charity event” — Trump's statements about E. Jean Carroll, repeated in his October 2022 deposition and prior public comments Quote verified against source