E. Jean Carroll accuses former U.S. President Trump in a

    U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan and former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll watch as Joe Tacopina, lawyer of former U.S. President Donald Trump, makes closing arguments during a civil trial where Carroll accuses Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s, and of defamation, in New York, U.S., May 8, 2023 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo