Former president Donald Trump has mentioned he’s slicing brief his journey to Eire and can “in all probability” attend his ongoing civil rape trial in New York.
The Republican presidential entrance runner is accused of raping author E. Jean Carroll within the dressing room of a New York division retailer, in the course of the mid-Nineties. Trump has strongly denied the allegation which he described as a “hoax,” after Carroll first went public along with her declare in 2019.
Trump was chatting with reporters on Thursday from a golf course he owns in Doonbeg in Eire.
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He commented: “I’ll in all probability attend (the trial) and I feel it is a shame that it is allowed to occur, false accusations in opposition to a wealthy man, or in my case in opposition to a well-known, wealthy and political particular person.
“I’ve to return for a girl that made a false accusation about me, and I’ve a choose who’s extraordinarily hostile.”
The trial, which has run for six days thus far, is anticipated to increase into subsequent week. As it is a civil case Trump will not go to jail if dominated in opposition to, however might should make a large monetary settlement.
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