Jury reaches VERDICT in Trump's defamation trial with E. Jean Carroll

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66% : Earlier, Trump had waved to fans as he headed to court on Friday morning before the dramatic start to the hearing.
44% : The one thing that Donald Trump cares about is money.
42% : After Trump left senior U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said: 'The record will reflect that Mr. Trump just rose and walked out of the courtroom.'The former president returned to the courtroom more than an hour later and retook his seat to listen to Habba's closing argument.
38% : Trump looked uninterested as the judge read out his instructions to the jury and at one point looked to be slumped in his chair as he looked up to the sky.
36% : Habba later added: 'Ladies and gentlemen, this isn't about President Trump and E. Jean Carroll, this is about some people in their mothers' basements who will always be mean on social media, you can't stop that.'While the case was going on Trump posted an extensive tirade on his Truth Social network, claiming he was being 'extorted,' that the proceedings were 'unAmerican' and the incident at the department store never happened.
33% : In this courtroom sketch, E Jean Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan gives her summation to the jury in Manhattan federal court as former President Donald Trump, far left, and E. Jean Carroll, far right, listenTrump appeared disinterested as Judge Kaplan read instructions to jurors - and at one point even appeared slumped in his chair and looking up at the ceiling.
29% : The panel returned after the Manhattan courtroom erupted in chaos when Trump walked out after Carroll's lawyer said the jury should punish himChaos erupted at the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial on Friday when Donald Trump stormed out of court and the judge warned his lawyer Alina Habba she was close to 'spending time in lockup'Donald Trump looks on as his lawyer Alina Habba gets involved in a heated exchange with Judge Lewis Kaplan while she delivers a closing argument at the court in Manhattan.
25% : The panel returned after the Manhattan courtroom erupted in chaos when Trump walked out after Carroll's lawyer said the jury should punish him.
23% : As he left court on Thursday Trump looked back at the packed courtroom, shook his head, and said: 'This is not America.
20% : He later told Habba: 'You will not quarrel with me.'The former president, 77, dramatically walked out when one of Carroll's lawyers Roberta Kaplan said the jury should punish Trump and claimed 'he thinks the rules don't apply to him'Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan said Trump should pay her client "dearly" for defaming her.
19% : Her lawyers have accused Trump of unleashing a 'storm of hate' against her.
19% : Trump is potentially facing millions of dollar in damages for defaming Carroll by claiming he never met her when she accused him of sexual assault.
17% : A civil jury last year found Trump liable for sexual abuse after Carroll, 80, claimed he attacked her in the mid-1990s in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in Manhattan.
17% : From the stand on Thursday Trump told the civil jury he wanted to defend himself and 'the presidency' by calling out accusations that were 'totally false'.
14% : She told the court: 'It will take an unusually high punitive damages award to stop Donald Trump.
8% : All of them want you to be raped or killed.'Habba, for Trump, responded: 'President Trump has no more control over the thoughts and feelings of social media users than he does the weather.'
5% : Trump is facing up to $10million in damages for defaming Carroll by claiming he never met her when she accused him of sexual assaultIt followed a dramatic Thursday in court where Trump dramatically took the witness stand and testified for just three minutesFrom the stand Trump told a civil jury he wanted to defend himself and 'the presidency' by calling out accusations that were 'totally false'Lawyers for E Jean Carroll (circled) released a portion of the former president's interview in which he wrongly points to an image of his rape accuser and claims it is his wifeIt followed a dramatic Thursday in court where Trump dramatically took the witness stand and testified for just three minutes.

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