It was 1995 or 1996, E. Jean Carroll says, when she met Donald Trump inside the iconic New York City department store Bergdorf-Goodman.
He was a real-estate magnate, she was a popular columnist. They had not met before but both recognized each other. A New York magazine article detailed what she says happened, which the magazine calls “violent.” Trump shoves her against a wall inside a dressing room, pulls down her tights, and, “forcing his fingers around my private area, thrusts his penis