Donald Trump held a press conference in New York on Friday following a court appearance during which his lawyers argued that a $5 million verdict finding him liable of sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996 should be overturned.
The former US President claimed Carroll is “not the chosen one” in a bizarre rant outside of the courthouse.
He said: “She said I was making out with her and then I grabbed her in a certain part. Think of the impracticality of this. I’m famous in a plane, people are coming into the plane and I grab a woman – what are the chances of that happening?
“Frankly, I know you’re going to say it’s a terrible thing to say but it couldn’t have happened, it didn’t happen because she would not have been the chosen one.
The court hearing and press conference took place ahead of a planned trip to the battleground state of North Carolina, where Trump will address a meeting of the Fraternal Order of Police as he tries to portray himself as tougher on crime than his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, in the campaign’s closing months.
Meanwhile, Harris largely stayed out of the public eye, preparing in private with her advisers in Pittsburgh for next week’s debate.
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He has separately been convicted on 34 felony counts in a New York state case related to hush money payments allegedly made to a porn actor.
The judge in that case is expected to decide Friday whether to postpone Trump’s sentencing.
Trump has also been ordered to pay steep civil fines for lying about his wealth for years.
And he’s still contending with cases alleging his mishandling of classified documents, his actions after the 2020 election and his activities during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — though none are likely to go to trial prior to Election Day.
