Jury begins deliberations in Trump's E. Jean Carroll defamation trial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

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.
40% : "The one thing that Donald Trump does care about is money," she said.
35% : Trump walked out of the courtroom as Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan was delivering her remarks, shortly before she asked the jury to award Carroll at least $24 million in damages.
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% : Kaplan 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.
33% : Carroll's closing argumentKaplan was about 10 minutes into her closing argument on Friday when Trump, who was seated at the defense table, got up and exited the room.
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.
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% : The defamation case is the second Carroll has filed against Trump.
16% : Trump's closing argumentAlina Habba, Trump's attorney, presented the closing argument for the defense, with Trump back in the courtroom.
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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