E Jean Carroll denies politics and selling books motivated Trump rape allegation

Trump lawyer's cross-examination focuses on early draft of advice columnist's book and email exchanges with friend during civil trial

The advice columnist E Jean Carroll has denied that she falsely accused Donald Trump of raping her in order to sell books and for political ends.

On the third day of Carroll's civil suit against the former president for battery and defamation, Trump's lawyer, Joe Tacopina, put it to her that she made her allegation the centrepiece of a book proposal she was trying to sell.

Associated Press contributed reporting