Twice impeached, recently indicted and now on the hook for a $5 million judgment that found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation, a defiant Donald Trump is looking to make more must-see TV.

The former U.S. president is bringing his bid to win back the White House to CNN in prime time, just one day after a jury in New York concluded that he sexually assaulted magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s.

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Wednesday nightB次元官网网址檚 ratings will surely be higher, for better or for worse, now that Carroll has proven in court that Trump sexually abused her in a Manhattan department store dressing room after a chance encounter in 1996.

The jury stopped short of concluding a rape took place, as Carroll alleges, but that didnB次元官网网址檛 prevent her from celebrating a B次元官网网址渕ash of overwhelming emotionsB次元官网网址� during an interview Wednesday on CNN.

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In a striking illustration of the current state of the Republican party, meanwhile, Trump wasnB次元官网网址檛 the only prominent party member with a propensity for lying who faced tough questions Wednesday about his mounting legal troubles.

New York Rep. George Santos, the freshman member of Congress who brazenly and repeatedly fictionalized parts of his personal and professional background, was indicted on 13 criminal charges in a Long Island courtroom.

Santos faces seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, as well as one count of theft of public funds. HeB次元官网网址檚 also charged with lying to the U.S. House of Representatives.

B次元官网网址淭aken together, the allegations in the indictment charge Santos with relying on repeated dishonesty and deception to ascend to the halls of Congress and enrich himself,B次元官网网址� said U.S. district attorney Breon Peace.

B次元官网网址淗e used political contributions to line his pockets, unlawfully applied for unemployment benefits that should have gone to New Yorkers who had lost their jobs due to the pandemic and lied to the House of Representatives.B次元官网网址�

After entering a plea of not guilty, he walked defiantly out of the courthouse, a crush of reporters and cameras trailing his every move, and borrowed a tactic straight from the former presidentB次元官网网址檚 self-defence strategy.

B次元官网网址淭he reality is, itB次元官网网址檚 a witch hunt,B次元官网网址� Santos said, promptly citing the nebulous influence-peddling allegations against Hunter Biden, the current presidentB次元官网网址檚 son, that have become a popular Republican talking point.

He waved off pointed questions about the allegations against him, and said not only will he not resign his seat in Congress, but he plans to flourish on Capitol Hill and eventually seek re-election.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 going to fight my battle, IB次元官网网址檓 going to deliver, IB次元官网网址檓 going to fight the witch hunt, IB次元官网网址檓 going to clear my name and I look forward to doing that,B次元官网网址� Santos said.

Santos, who has been in Congress just four months, has famously amassed an impressive track record of fictional self-aggrandizement.

He has claimed, falsely, that his mother died in the 9/11 attacks and that his grandmother died in the Holocaust. His claims of being a college volleyball star, a former Goldman Sachs employee and Jewish have all been debunked.

One claim the openly gay Republican initially denied and eventually appeared to relent on was that he regularly performed as a drag queen in Rio de Janeiro during the 2000s.

On Wednesday, when asked why he intends to persist with a career in politics, he appeared to suggest that political Washington is the perfect place for someone with a track record like his.

B次元官网网址淭he way I look at it, IB次元官网网址檒l be a chairman of a committee in a couple of years, if you look at the standards in Congress,B次元官网网址� Santos said. B次元官网网址淛ust look at the Senate.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址擩ames McCarten, The Canadian Press

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