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1 verified report published on April 23, 2023.
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On April 23, 2023, the story was less about a single explosion than about momentum. The legal and political bill for Trump’s past behavior was coming due in public, and there was no clean spin that could make that disappear. By the next day, the trial clock would be ticking even louder.
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Published April 23, 2023, this story looks ahead to the April 25 start of E. Jean Carroll’s civil trial against Donald Trump, where a judge had already cleared key evidence, including the Access Hollywood tape and testimony from Jessica Leeds and Natasha Stoynoff.