Donald Trump made his first appearance on CNN in over seven years Wednesday night at a town hall where he took questions from Republican and independent voters and moderator Kaitlan Collins.Despite repeated attempts by Collins to fact-check his statements, Trump made a flurry of false claims about the 2020 election, the Jan.
6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the multiple investigations into him and much more.Many in the crowd cheered on his lies and even laughed when he mocked E.
Jean Carroll, the woman who accused him of sexual assault, a day after a jury decided Trump was liable for abusing and defaming her.Here are some of the biggest takeaways — and lies — of the tense and often contentious night:Trump did not attend the trial in New York where Carroll’s case was heard, and his lawyers did not mount a defence.The former advice columnist testified Trump assaulted her in a Manhattan department store dressing room in the 1990s and then harmed her reputation when he denied her claims when she came forward in 2019, when Trump was president.The jury unanimously awarded Carroll US$5 million in damages.Responding for the first time to public questions about the case, Trump doubled down on his denials and bragged about his poll numbers.“I don’t know her.
I never met her. I had no idea who she is,” he said.He then launched into recounting Carroll’s claims in a mocking voice, which drew laughs and clapping from the live audience.