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Former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, left, leaves Manhattan federal court, Thursday, May 4, 2023, in New York.
  • E. Jean Carroll's lawyer said Donald Trump was "a witness against himself."
  • Roberta Kaplan added that Trump's decision to not testify in the trial helped their case. 
  • A Manhattan jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in 1996.

Roberta Kaplan, the lawyer representing E. Jean Carroll in her rape trial against Donald Trump, said the former President was "basically a witness against himself" the morning after a jury found Trump liable of sexually abusing Carroll in 1996.