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Angry Trump fumes after $83.3m damages ruling in E Jean Carroll case

posted a year ago by robocat893 (16257)
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The $83.3m verdict against Donald Trump in the defamation case brought by the writer E Jean Carroll over her allegation of sexual assault was celebrated by opponents of the former president, analysed by legal experts and excoriated by the presumptive 2024 Republican White House nominee and his loyal supporters.

Trump called the verdict “absolutely ridiculous” and claimed it was part of a Joe “Biden-directed witch hunt” against “me and the Republican party”.

The new damages verdict followed an award of about $10m against Trump last May, when another New York jury found him liable for sexually abusing Carroll in a department store changing room in the mid-1990s.

Immediately after the verdict, Jon Cooper, a Democratic operative and activist, tweeted: “$7.3m in compensatory damages, $11m to repair [Carroll’s] reputation, and $65m in punitive damages. Trump is so screwed!!”

From his plane, having left the courtroom as Carroll’s lawyers spoke, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform: “Absolutely ridiculous! I fully disagree with both verdicts and will be appealing this whole Biden-directed witch hunt focused on me and the Republican party. Our legal system is out of control and being used as a political weapon. They have taken away all first amendment rights. THIS IS NOT AMERICA!”

Haha! I wonder how much money Trump will grift out of his merry band of barking seals after this. Hurry, Trump needs the money to refuel his private jet then return to his resort and shit in a gold toilet.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (18440) a year ago

Why's he so mad? I thought he was a billionaire?

[–] B1cKsurN (17837) a year ago

Georgia case has been thrown out, so you take with the good with the bad.

[–] robocat893 (16257) a year ago

What Georgia case was thrown out? Isn't Trump still facing 91 felony charges?

[–] yatzo376 (7755) a year ago

Keep dreaming

[–] B1cKsurN (17837) a year ago

I read into this case... its just another BS accusation with no evidence. Expect this to be appealed and overturned.

[–] robocat893 (16257) a year ago

Georgia case has been thrown out, so you take with the good with the bad."

What case? I'm still waiting for your answer, Goober.

[–] Keelai (36162) a year ago

Notice how Trump learned not to disparage E. Jean Carroll.

[–] Galilguy (2533) a year ago

In case you didn’t know, E Jean Carroll has accused many men of raping or sexually assaulting her including a babysitter’s boyfriend, a dentist, a camp counselor, an unnamed college date, an unnamed boss and CBS chief executive Les Moonves - Per The National Pulse.

The outcome of this shameful sham is not surprising. The judge is a fake and the jury is not made up of Trump's peers by any stretch of one's imagination. Peers means much more than merely being a human in the context of a trial. The jury was peerless far beyond any reasonable doubt and frankly, they had already dismissed being open to evidence of any sort that could possibly vindicate the accused and all of them walked away feeling good about themselves.

Precedent has been set now, no proof is needed for rape. Just as accusation and you can’t verbally defend yourselves..

[–] Bubbathegut (18253) a year ago

Rub my hairy legs.