Former U.S. President Donald Trump will return to CNN's airwaves on Wednesday, joining the network for a two-hour town hall event in early-voting New Hampshire a day after a civil jury found him liable for sexually assaulting an advice columnist nearly three decades ago.
The forum, which was publicly announced last week, was expected to be notable because it would be bringing together a network and a candidate who have long sparred with each other. But the stakes raised considerably Tuesday after jurors in New York found Trump had sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, though it rejected her claim that he raped her. The jury awarded her US$5 million in damages.
Trump has a much more contentious relationship with CNN than he had with Fox at the time. Trump has called the network "fake news" and has sparred personally with Collins. She was once barred from a Rose Garden event after Trump's team got upset with her shouted questions at an earlier Oval Office availability.
The appearance will also serve as yet another contrast with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is seen as a top rival to Trump for the GOP presidential nomination and is expected to launch his campaign in the coming weeks. DeSantis has taken a sheltered media approach, largely eschewing questions from the mainstream press while embracing Fox News, which was once a loyal Trump cheerleader but which Trump now frequently denigrates.
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a vocal Trump critic, called the accusations "another example of the indefensible behaviour of Donald Trump." Tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy came to his defence and said he doubted a case would have even been brought if the defendant had been someone other than Trump.
A Trump adviser, who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said CNN executives had made a compelling pitch to the former president during talks.
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