Donald Trump E jean Carroll side by side
Donald Trump and E. Jean Carroll.
  • A day after a jury found Trump sexually violated E. Jean Carroll, he mocked her as a "whack job" on CNN.
  • Trump's comments, including dismissing her account of the attack as "hanky panky," unleashed a firestorm of anger.
  • CNN let Trump try to re-victimize his own sex-assault victim in front of millions, victim advocates said. 

Sex-assault survivors and their advocates are venting their fury and frustration over Donald Trump's CNN town hall appearance, saying the former president tried to re-victimize writer E. Jean Carroll on national TV just one day after a Manhattan jury branded him a predator.