During E. Jean Carroll trial testimony, posts Truth Social attacks calling case a 'Witch Hunt'

As E. Jean Carroll testified in her federal civil trial accusing Trump of rape and defamation, Trump posted on Truth Social that the case was "a made up SCAM" and "a fraudulent & false story--Witch Hunt!" and asked, "Does anybody believe that I would take a then almost 60 year old woman that I didn't know, from the front door of a very crowded department store...into a tiny dressing room...She didn't scream? There are no witnesses?" U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan addressed the posts in court, telling Trump's attorney Joe Tacopina the comments could expose Trump to "a new source of potential liability" and that "somebody on your side ought to be thinking about" relevant federal statutes. Tacopina told the court he would ask Trump to refrain from further posts about the case; Carroll's attorneys had already cited Trump's trial-period Truth Social activity in their opening statement.

“Does anybody believe that I would take a then almost 60 year old woman that I didn't know, from the front door of a very crowded department store, (with me being very well known, to put it mildly!), into a tiny dressing room, and ….” Quote verified against source