Donald Trump goes on attack against rape case while on Irish trip

Ex-president claims trial is political attempt to derail his White House bid, while deposition shown again in court on Thursday

Donald Trump has launched a fresh broadside against his civil trial for rape and defamation, calling the case a disgrace.

The former president said on Thursday he would probably attend the trial in New York but called it a political attack built on false claims by the accuser, the writer E Jean Carroll.