New York City Bureau reporter Jennifer Peltz landed an exclusive report about the columnist E. Jean Carroll seeking a DNA sample from President Donald Trump to potentially back her accusation that he raped her in a department store dressing room. Peltz raised the question of DNA testing with Carroll’s legal team last November and stayed in contact with the team, prompting them to reach out with the news that they had tested the dress Carroll wore during the alleged assault. https://bit.ly/36ZTaRM
AP Exclusive: Trump rape accuser seeking his DNA
E. Jean Carroll poses in New York, June 23, 2019. Carroll, a New York-based advice columnist, claims Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s. Lawyers for Carroll are seeking a DNA sample from Trump to determine whether his genetic material is on a dress she says she wore during the encounter.
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