Donald Trump mistook E. Jean Carroll for his ex-wife Marla Maples in a photo, deposition transcripts show - CNN

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Newly unsealed transcripts from Donald Trump’s deposition successful the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit amusement that the erstwhile president mistook Carroll for his ex-wife Marla Maples successful a photo.

The transcripts amusement that during his October 2022 deposition, Trump was shown a achromatic and achromatic photograph wherever helium is interacting with respective people, including with his then-wife Ivana, Carroll and her then-husband.

“I don’t cognize who – it’s Marla,” Trump said erstwhile shown the photo. “That’s Marla, yeah. That’s my wife,” helium says erstwhile asked to clarify.

Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba, past interjected and said “no, that’s Carroll,” according to the transcript.

Carroll archetypal sued Trump successful 2019 for defamation aft helium denied her rape allegation. She filed a 2nd suit against Trump successful November nether a caller instrumentality that allowed her to writer for artillery adjacent though the statute of limitations connected the transgression had passed.

Trump has denied sexually assaulting the erstwhile mag columnist and said helium ne'er pressured a pistillate to person enactment with him, according to a deposition transcript that was unsealed past week.

In his deposition transcript, Trump reiterated erstwhile comments that helium didn’t cognize Carroll and that she isn’t his type, a assertion that could beryllium called into question aft his effect to being shown the photograph.

Trump said that portion it is not “politically correct” to accidental she isn’t his type, helium said helium had to support himself. He added that it wasn’t meant to beryllium an insult.

When asked if helium ever kissed a pistillate without her consent, Trump testified, “Well, I don’t … I can’t deliberation of immoderate complaints. But no. I mean, I don’t deliberation so.” He besides denied ever touching a woman’s breasts oregon buttocks.

Carroll’s lawyer Roberta Kaplan asked Trump, “Have you ever pressured a pistillate to prosecute successful enactment with you?”

“The reply is no. But you whitethorn person immoderate people, similar your client, who are consenting to lie,” Trump testified.