Posted on 01/26/2024 2:21:47 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
NEW YORK — A federal jury ordered former President Trump to pay $83.3 million for defaming E. Jean Carroll when Trump in 2019 denied the longtime advice columnist’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her decades earlier.
It marks the second time Carroll has won damages from Trump at trial, with the new total adding to a $5 million verdict last year finding Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her over a separate comment.
Carroll’s latest trial became intertwined with the heat of the early primary contests, beginning the day after Trump’s historic win in the Iowa caucuses and proceeding past the New Hampshire primary, when Trump further cemented his status as the indisputable Republican front-runner.
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hopefully Trump can use campaign funds to help pay for this travesty.
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What a choice: Either spend campaign money to become president and save the country or spend it to pay to fight unjust lawfare.
What has this country come to?
The way I see it. Trump is running a non traditional campaign anyway. Instead of ads he does rallies and turns these court appearances into free advertising in a way.
I seem to remember Hillary raising a billion for her run. So by not wasting it on useless ads Trump if he is allowed to can spend the money he raises only on rallies and frivolous lawsuits.
Not a Trump voter among them, I’ll wager.
When I served as foreman on a civil jury assigned to award damages, we received no instruction about how to calculate an amount. So, in deliberations I proposed that method and the other jurors agreed. But we were not told it had to be done that way.
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