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    The Cruel Paradox at the Heart of E. Jean Carroll’s Allegation Against Trump

    The famous writer’s rape accusation against the president fell victim to the familiar workings of attention fatigue.
    by Megan Garber Jun 24, 2019 4 minutes
    Source: Craig Ruttle / AP

    On Friday, E. Jean Carroll, the journalist and advice columnist, published : an excerpt from her forthcoming book, Posted on , the essay is a meditation on the sexual abuses that have accumulated, like plaque in the artery, over the course of her life; it contains allegations that several culturally prominent men have assaulted her. One of those men is the current president of the United States. In the mid-1990s, Carroll writes, she had a chance encounter with Donald Trump, then known primarily as a real-estate developer, at Bergdorf Goodman; he asked her to help him pick out a gift for, he told her, another woman. The

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