Donald Trump Must Pay $83.3 Million for Defaming E. Jean Carroll

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Friday's $83 million decision comes just days after Trump won the New Hampshire primary, solidifying his status as the front-runner to become the Republican presidential nominee.
51% : "Those false denials and attacks continued while you were in this courtroom ... while you were sitting in those seats," Kaplan said, before showing a clip of a press conference Trump held last week, when he again lashed out at Carroll.
46% : Kaplan was about 10 minutes into her remarks when Trump, who was seated at the defense table, got up and exited the room.
40% : "The one thing that Donald Trump does care about is money," she said.
35% : "Kaplan finished by pointing out that Trump didn't attend the first trial, when the question of whether he sexually abused Carrol was put before the jury, but did appear for these proceedings, when damages were at stake.
34% : She walked the jury through the first statements Trump made in 2019, and the many times he has repeated his claims -- that he's ever met Carroll, that she isn't his "type," that he didn't assault her and that the case is a "hoax" -- since then, including some as recently as this week.
32% : At one point, Trump turned to watch Crowley, glaring, with his arms folded.
30% : Given the chance to offer a rebuttal, Carroll's attorney Shawn Crowley repeatedly pointed directly at Trump, while saying he sexually assaulted Carroll and lied about it.
25% : Alina Habba, Trump's attorney, presented the closing argument for the defense, with Trump back in the courtroom.
19% : Then she showed a recent Truth Social post in which Trump promised to deny the allegations "a thousand times.""A thousand times, are you kidding me?"
17% : Carroll, a longtime advice columnist, came forward in 2019 to accuse Trump of attacking her in a dressing room in the mid-1990s.
17% : In the trial to resolve Carroll's first suit in May 2023, a jury found Trump liable for defamation and sexual abuse, and awarded Carroll $5 million.
4% : "They want you to decide that it's Ms. Carroll's fault, that somehow Donald Trump is a victim," Crowley said, as Trump seemed to nod his head.

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