E. Jean Carroll began testifying Wednesday in the trial of her federal lawsuit.
FILE - Writer E. Jean Carroll leaves as jury selection is set to begin in the defamation case against former US President Donald Trump brought by Carroll, who accused him of raping her in the 1990s, at the Manhattan Federal Court in New York on AprilE. Jean Carroll wept on the stand Wednesday during her testimony, saying "being able to get my day in court is everything to me."
Carroll said she agreed to help him because she thought it would be "a funny New York thing" to do with a funny story to tell people.
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