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<p>After losing his first rape defamation trial against <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/e-jean-carroll">E. Jean Carroll</a>, former President <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/donald-j-trump">Donald Trump</a> has altered his approach and adopted a new strategy: blame the victim.</p>
<p>A jury last year already <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/jury-says-donald-trump-didnt-rape-e-jean-carroll-but-liable-for-battery?ref=home?ref=home">concluded that Trump sexually assaulted Carroll</a> decades ago in a Manhattan department store. But the matter is back in court as she seeks retribution over the false denials he made from the White House in 2019—which brought a flood of hate from MAGA diehards.</p>
<p>And if you thought the former president had learned his lesson from the first trial or now this second one, think again.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-new-rape-trial-strategy-blame-the-victim">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->
Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty
After losing his first rape defamation trial against E. Jean Carroll, former President Donald Trump has altered his approach and adopted a new strategy: blame the victim.
A jury last year already concluded that Trump sexually assaulted Carroll decades ago in a Manhattan department store. But the matter is back in court as she seeks retribution over the false denials he made from the White House in 2019—which brought a flood of hate from MAGA diehards.
And if you thought the former president had learned his lesson from the first trial or now this second one, think again.
