Jury orders Trump to pay $83 million for defaming columnist E. Jean Carroll

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : What testimony showedCarroll herself was the first witness to take the stand -- putting her face to face with Trump, who attended the first few days of the trial.
57% : Beyond his testimony, Trump was present for several days of the trial and was vocal about the case outside the courtroom.
55% : The jury's decision comes just days after Trump won the New Hampshire primary and became the GOP front-runner.
42% : Asked by his lawyer if he ever instructed anyone to hurt Carroll, Trump said that he didn't, and just wanted to defend himself, his family and his presidency.
37% : This is the second time Trump has been ordered pay Carroll; last year he was mandated by a jury to pay $5 million for a separate instance of defamation.
36% : The jury only had to decide how much Trump owed her -- not if he was liable.
36% : At the time, Trump's Attorney General Bill Barr blocked the lawsuit, arguing Trump had made the comments in his official capacity as president.
35% : In all, Trump faces 91 charges in federal and state trials, ranging from the ones in New York to those at the federal level related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
30% : Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled even before the trial that Trump had in fact defamed Carroll.
27% : After publication, Trump issued two statements in response to reporters, including one in which he outright denied her claim and said she was "not my type.
27% : Trump also spoke out during campaign rallies in Iowa and New Hampshire, and to reporters in New York, about his belief this trial is election interference -- often reiterating claims similar to those he was being sued over.
24% : Kaplan warned Trump that his right to be present could be taken away.
21% : The case is one of several involving Trump, who is also awaiting a verdict in a civil trial that could result in him paying at least $250 million to New York state for his business practices, which have been deemed by a judge to be fraudulent.
20% : Habba also showed the jury several social media posts, but these were posted in the five-hour "gap" between Carroll's allegations being published and Trump making the comments he is being sued over.
19% : Carroll testified that she felt as if Trump calling her a liar "ended the world I had been living in.
18% : What this case is aboutIn 2019, Carroll, an advice columnist and freelance writer, accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in the '90s.
18% : "Carroll then sued Trump for defamation, arguing that his comments ruined her reputation as a trusted source in the media, and resulted in a slew of insults and threatening messages, emails and comments to her social media accounts.
14% : But Trump's lawyer, Alina Habba, argued damages ought not be traced back to Trump himself.
13% : In part because of the 2023 decision that had found Trump liable for assault, Judge Kaplan ruled that Trump had defame Carroll in 2019 and that the former president was also liable.
9% : Trump doubled down on allegations Carroll is lyingAfter weeks of vowing to take the witness stand in his defense, Trump finally did so on Jan. 25.

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