underway once again. and the other major question, if he does take the stand, can he stay within the parameters set by the judge and what are the consequences if he doesn t? we re live at the courthouse. plus, nikki haley sending a message to trump that sounds a lot like you don t scare me. her new fund-raising hall that has him threatening her donors and has given her new energy. the political elites in this state and around the country have said that we just need to let donald trump have this. we are not going to sit there and just give up. . and the severe weather that just won t stop. among the dramatic new images, this woman, how she got stranded on top of her car for 14 long hours before she was rescued. we begin with donald trump off the campaign trail and back in a federal courthouse today. e. jean carroll s lawyers have rested their case and trump s team just started the defense in a trial to determine if he has toay the writer millions of dollars for defam
before i get into it, this is exactly what we expected to happen before the former president was allowed to testify, whether or not he would be allowed to testify is kind of laying the ground rules, and the judge has said this repeatedly, over and over, that this was already litigated. the former president sexually assaulted e. jean carroll. this cannot be relitigated. let me read some of what you said. the jury unanimously concluded that you sexually assaulted her and his claim that he did not was false and defamatory. there are no do overs a prior action cannot be relitigated. trump sexually abused ms. carroll. and let me talk about the details to which he sexually abused her. i won t talk about that on television. and they said that the statements that were made in 2019 were false. carroll, in fact, did not make up those claims. this is a judge talking here as well. and he goes on. he s kind of laying out the ground rules to which there would be testimony allowed from the