His testimony, after days of anticipation, lasted less than five minutes.
“Defense calls President Donald Trump,” Alina Habba, his lead lawyer, told the court.
She asked the former president whether he stood by his remarks in a deposition in which he had called Ms. Carroll a liar.
“One hundred percent, yes,” Mr. Trump said.
Ms. Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta A. Kaplan, had written to the judge, saying Trump might see a political benefit “from intentionally turning this trial into a circus.”
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