E. Jean Carroll resumes testimony in Trump rape trial after mistrial denied
JONATHAN STEMPEL and JACK QUEEN E. Jean Carroll returned to the witness stand in her rape and defamation civil case against Donald Trump after the judge denied a defence request for a mistrial. Trump's lawyer Joe Tacopina began cross-examining Carroll for a second day, hoping to show jurors inconsistencies or holes in her claims against the former U.S. president. Carroll, 79, has accused Trump, 76, of raping her in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in late 1995 or early 1996 and then undermining her credibility and career by lying about it online. Her defamation claim concerns an October…