Trump town hall live: former US president to face questions day after sexual abuse verdict - live
00.29 BST CNN town hall first chance for Trump to address sexual abuse finding
The CNN town hall will be Donald Trump’s first television appearance since being found liable for sexual abuse and defamation by a federal jury in New York City on Tuesday. Don’t expect contrition; among other things, the former president called the verdicts a “disgrace” minutes after they were handed down. As the Guardian’s Joan E Greve reports, the curious among the audience of Republican and undeclared voters may still decide to ask him about it:
Donald Trump could face questions about being found to have sexually abused E Jean Carroll when he participates in a CNN town hall on Wednesday night.
The town hall comes just one day after a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation, underscoring the former president’s mounting legal threats amid his effort to recapture the White House next year.
The CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins will moderate the town hall at 8pm ET at St Anselm College in New Hampshire, where Trump will take questions from Republican and undeclared voters in the early voting state.
Town hall attendees will probably press Trump on how he intends to run for president as he faces legal threats in multiple states. On Tuesday, a New York jury concluded that Trump had sexually abused the advice columnist E Jean Carroll 27 years earlier, ordering the former president to pay her $5m in damages for her battery and defamation claims.
Source: The Guardian US
