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DonaldTrumpdeposition:NewYork courtreleasesvideoincivilrapetrial
from Kaieteur News
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BBC -Avideo of a deposition given by formerUSpresidentDonaldTrumpaspartof his civil rape trial has been released by the court.
The roughly 48-minute video shows Mr Trump, 76, mistaking his accuser E Jean Carroll for his ex-wife Marla Maples in a photo.
It also shows him repeating his denial of Ms Carroll’s allegations by claiming she is “notmytype”.
Lawyers for both sides rested their case onThursday
Mr Trump has not been present in New York for the trial and his lawyers called no witnessesbeforerestingtheircase.
But, on a judge’s orders, the former president formally provided sworn evidence on camera last October over Ms Carroll’s claim that he raped her inside a New York Citydepartmentstoreinthemid-1990s.
Video of the deposition was shown to jurorsonThursdayandpubliclyreleasedfor the first time on Friday after a petition by mediaorganisations.
During the deposition, Mr Trump is shown the leaked Access Hollywood tape, whichwaspublishedbytheWashingtonPost duringthe2016presidentialcampaign.
Mr Trump can be seen shifting uncomfortablyinhisseatasheisheardonthe tapesaying“youcandoanything”towomen “whenyou’reastar”.
The footage also shows him describing Ms Carroll’s allegations as “the most
