Mark Z. Barabak: After verdict in sexual abuse case, will Trump pay a political price? That's up to his GOP rivals
There is a long list of descriptors used to identify Donald Trump: real estate magnate, reality TV star, former president, insurrectionist, criminally indicted payer of hush money. As of Tuesday, a new particularly incriminating label can be added: sexual assailant. Even so, the determination of a civil jury — that Trump physically brutalized writer E. Jean Carroll — seems unlikely to make ...
by Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times
May 10, 2023
3 minutes
There is a long list of descriptors used to identify Donald Trump: real estate magnate, reality TV star, former president, insurrectionist, criminally indicted payer of hush money.
As of Tuesday, a new particularly incriminating label can be added: sexual assailant.
Even so, the determination of a civil jury — that Trump physically brutalized writer E. Jean Carroll — seems unlikely to make much difference to his unshakable political base or, for now, change the fundamental dynamics of the 2024 presidential race.
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