Jury Begins Deliberations in Trump Sexual Assault Defamation Case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "They are weaponizing law enforcement at a level like never before," Trump said Sunday night at a New Hampshire rally ahead of the Republican primary election he won in the northeastern state Tuesday.
41% : "Trump, 77, has attended much of the trial, even though he was not required to be present in the courtroom.
31% : Trump has repeatedly denied knowing Carroll and has said she was not "my type.
29% : That jury ordered Trump to pay Carroll $5 million for comments Trump made in 2022, with the current case centered on 2019 comments Trump made while he was president.
25% : "The Carroll defamation claims are in a civil case, and Trump faces no threat of imprisonment.
21% : Before the civil trial started, Kaplan ruled that a jury in a related case last year had already determined that Trump sexually abused Carroll and that its decision on her abuse allegation carried over to the current case.
20% : She is seeking $10 million or more.U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan had ruled that Trump would not be allowed to testify that he didn't assault Carroll, a one-time advice columnist for Elle magazine, or that she lied about the assault allegation -- since those questions were not before the jury.
16% : Trump took the witness stand Thursday to defend himself against allegations that he defamed writer Carroll by disparaging her claim that he sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.
15% : Trump, the likely 2024 Republican nominee to run against Democratic President Joe Biden in the November presidential election, has denied even knowing Carroll, now 80.

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