Former President Donald Trump raised eyebrows after he was photographed with some mysterious red marks on his hand as he left Trump Tower to hear the testimony of journalist E. Jean Carroll in her civil trial against him on Wednesday.
After a campaign rally in New Hampshire, Trump returned to New York late on Tuesday night, concluding a hectic 24 hours following his victory in the Iowa caucuses.
The Daily Mail photographed him departing Trump Tower early on Wednesday morning, revealing mysterious red cuts on his hand shortly after he spoke to supporters in a snowstorm alongside former 2024 GOP presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy.
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People immediately offered their suggestions as to how Trump might have gotten those blisters.
Others didn't have any answers but were intrigued nonetheless.
And at least a couple pointed out that the media would likely fixate less on this than on President Joe Biden's alleged health issues.
Author E. Jean Carroll testified on Wednesday in the second federal civil trial concerning her sexual assault allegations against Trump, who has been found liable for the crime by a jury trial yet still denies the accusation.
Prior to the release of her book, What Do We Need Men For?: A Modest Proposal, Carroll wrote in New York that Trump had sexually assaulted her in the fall of 1995 or the spring of 1996 in the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York City.
Carroll sued Trump under the Adult Survivors Act, a New York state law "that creates a one-time, one-year look back window for adult sexual assault survivors who are outside the statute of limitations," according to Safe Horizon, the largest victim services nonprofit organization in the United States.
In May 2023, a Manhattan jury ruled Trump was responsible for the sexual abuse and defamation of Carroll, awarding her $5 million in damages. While numerous women have accused Trump of sexual misconduct in the past, this case stands out as the only allegation affirmed by a jury.
This trial focuses on additional statements made by Trump during his presidency; his legal team argued that Carroll's fame had only increased as a result of the allegations and dismissed her claims as attributing a few negative tweets to him.
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