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Exclusive: E. Jean Carroll told 2 women that Donald Trump assaulted her in the 1990s. On "The Daily," the women discuss it publicly for the first time. nyti.ms/2IPvM0h
Our reporter @mega2e interviewed E. Jean Carroll and the 2 women, Carol Martin and Lisa Birnbach, who were well-known figures in the ’90s world of New York media. They had not been publicly identified until now. nyti.ms/2NeA2uw
E. Jean Carroll said she does not want to consider herself a victim and does not describe the incident with Donald Trump as a rape. nyti.ms/2IPvM0h
E. Jean Carroll said she had no expectation that telling her story would have an impact. At 75 years old, she has come not to expect such stories to come to anything. nyti.ms/2Nhu9wM
The alleged attack became public last week when E. Jean Carroll, in this @nymag excerpt from her forthcoming book, accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her years ago: thecut.com/2019/06/donald…
“I remember her being very overwrought,” Lisa Birnbach told us. “I remember her repeatedly saying, ‘He pulled down my tights, he pulled down my tights.’” When E. Jean Carroll finished her account, Birnbach remembers saying, “I think he raped you.” nyti.ms/2xhEazg
Some people wonder, Why is E. Jean Carroll speaking up only now? If not in 1996, why not in 2016, when other women came forward accusing Donald Trump of sexual improprieties? Or when the “Access Hollywood” tape was revealed? nyti.ms/2xhEazg 
But then #MeToo happened. These allegations against Harvey Weinstein broke as E. Jean Carroll was driving through Pennsylvania in the fall of 2017. “I just kept pulling over to see the story. And I couldn’t help but think of men in my own life.” nyti.ms/2hPiK85
E. Jean Carroll says she also thought of the women she had advised over the years to speak up. “I felt like a fraud,” she said, because she had taken no such action herself. Then, in May 2018, she submitted a memoir proposal, with the Trump allegation included.
President Trump has forcefully denied the accusation, saying E. Jean Carroll was “lying,” that he didn’t know her and that he wouldn’t have assaulted her because “she’s not my type.” nyti.ms/31X6HrH
The New York Times interviewed more than a dozen former colleagues, family members and friends who attested to E. Jean Carroll’s credibility. nyti.ms/2xhEazg
