Trump storms out of courtroom as E. Jean Carroll's lawyer suggests he...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : "Everyone is entitled to their opinion," Habba said during animated remarks, replete with hand flourishes similar to those of Trump -- as he watched from the defense table.
51% : But he has said he wanted to attend all days -- and only missed one of five days to attend the funeral for his mother-in-law, Amalija Knavs, the mom of Melania Trump.
49% : Kaplan told the jury that if they rule in favor of Trump, they should award a $1 verdict and if they find in favor of Carroll they will have to determine whatever amount they see fit.
48% : "After Roberta Kaplan concluded, Trump returned to the courtroom to hear his lawyer Alina Habba deliver her closings.
36% : "The one thing that Donald Trump cares about is money," Roberta Kaplan said.
34% : On Thursday, Trump testified for under three minutes after Judge Kaplan put limitations on what questions Habba was allowed to ask him and the topics Trump could cover when he responded.
32% : "Crowley bashed Trump for walking out earlier in the day, implying it was an example of his lack of respect for the legal system.
29% : "That may be how Donald Trump lives his life, but that's not how it works in a court of law.
27% : Carroll's side has argued that Trump "unleashed his followers" on her when he denied knowing her and said she wasn't his type in June 2019 -- just hours after she first went public with her sexual assault allegations.
27% : Habba argued that Trump shouldn't have to pay for the hateful messages that online trolls sent Carroll and claimed any public statements he made about Carroll were simply meant to defend himself.
25% : "President Trump has no more control over the thoughts of social media users than he does the weather," she said.
25% : The judge struck the statement from the record and told jurors to disregard it, reminding them Trump was already found liable of sexually assaulting her.
21% : Trump, 77, stood up and abruptly walked out of the courtroom around 9:58 a.m., roughly five minutes into Roberta Kaplan's closing remarks, in which she argued the defamation damages trial was "about getting [Trump] to stop once and for all" publicly attacking Carroll.
20% : "She also argued that Trump only cared about money so jurors should hit him where it hurts.
20% : "While Donald Trump does not care about the law, he does not care about the truth -- he does care about money.
19% : Donald Trump stormed out of a Manhattan federal courtroom just minutes after the lawyer for E. Jean Carroll began delivering closing arguments asking jurors to make the former president pay at least $24 million in damages.
19% : "At one point, Judge Kaplan interrupted Habba as she mentioned that Trump denied raping Carroll.
18% : "President Trump should not have to pay for their threats," Habba said.
18% : Trump has denied the allegations and call the trial "a hoax."
14% : After Habba finished closings, Trump remained in the courtroom while Carroll's other lawyer, Shawn Crowley, began rebuttal arguments calling the 45th president a liar.
8% : And a prior jury last year ordering Trump to pay $5 million after finding him liable of sexually abusing and defaming Carroll, hasn't stopped Trump from continuing to defame Carroll, Roberta Kaplan argued.

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