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Donald Trump “is a witness against himself,” a lawyer representing writer E Jean Carroll said during closing arguments in the civil rape trial on Monday.
Referencing the Access Hollywood tape, attorney Roberta Kaplan said, “He grabbed her, using his words, ‘by the p****.’”
“He didn’t even bother to show up in person,” Ms Kaplan said about Mr Trump choosing not to attend the trial.
“In a very real sense, Trump is a witness against himself,” the attorney said about Mr Trump’s video deposition.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump missed his last chance to testify in the trial.
The former president had been given until 5pm ET on Sunday by US District Judge Lewis A Kaplan to file a request to testify in the case.
The deadline came and went without Mr Trump taking up the opportunity.
Closing arguments began in Manhattan on Monday ahead of the jury deciding whether or not they will find Mr Trump did rape Ms Carroll in a dressing room of the Bergdorf Goodman department store in the 1990s – and whether or not they find Mr Trump then defamed Ms Carroll in the aftermath.
The jury is set to receive the case on Tuesday.
