Opinion

Trump’s Crazy E. Jean Carroll Move Might Actually Work

MEASURES OF GUILT

The former president’s decision to sue his rape accuser looked like an insane gambit—but there’s one way it really could give him a leg up.

Mitchell Epner
Mitchell Epner
opinion
A photo illustration of Donald Trump and E Jean Carroll.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Reuters/Getty
Mitchell Epner

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