Somebody’s having a bad day

Created
Fri, 05/05/2023 - 07:00
Updated
Fri, 05/05/2023 - 07:00
His lawyer says he’s not actually going to do that. Here’s a report on his deposition testimony. I don’t think it helped him. He should probably shut his piehole: Before his infamous “grab them by the p—-” remark in the “Access Hollywood” tape, then-candidate Donald Trump told Billy Bush: “When you’re a star, they let you do it.” Trump doubled-down on those lines during his deposition on E. Jean Carroll’s rape allegations. “Historically, that’s true, with stars,” Trump testified. “Well what’s what if you look over the last million years, I guess that’s been largely true not always but largely true, unfortunately or fortunately.” Originally recorded in October 2022, the video deposition was shown to a jury on Thursday. The jury will only hear Trump on video, as he is not planning to appear in person. In a brief passage, Trump sat expressionless as the “Access Hollywood” tape roles in the corner of the frame, marking the second time the jury saw it played. On Wednesday, the outtake appeared in court for the first time during testimony by journalist Natasha Stoynoff, who testified that Trump pushed her against a wall and started kissing her when she was sent to profile him and his wife Melania at Mar-a-Lago in 2015. When she saw Trump on the hot mic to Billy Bush, Stoynoff said, she thought: “Oh, he does this to a lot of women. It’s not just me.” In the video deposition, Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan grilled Trump about his reaction to sexual assault allegations…