The Jury Went Easy on Trump By Only Awarding Carroll $83.3M

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : The judge noted for the record that Trump had left which further highlighted his behavior for the jury.
42% : A figure of $100 million or more would have made a more significant impact for a wealthy man like Trump.$83 million here and maybe a few hundred million more there starts to add up and the criminal fraud case brought by New York State Attorney General Leticia James could cost Trump as much as $370 million.
40% : Trump and his supporters don't get that.
38% : In a way, the jury let Trump off easy.
36% : "On the Friday afternoon of closing arguments, "Trump made 17 posts or shares to his social media site, Truth Social, totaling nearly 750 words, decrying the Carroll case, and attacking her account and the judge.
29% : The verdict form used in the case required the jurors to first determine whether Trump had "acted maliciously, out of hatred, ill will, or spite, vindictively, or in wanton, reckless, or willful disregard of Ms. Carroll's rights" before awarding punitive damages.
23% : "Donald Trump and his supporters think he is the priceless part of that ad but he's not.
20% : It resonated because the real message in their verdict is that each and every time Trump defamed her by calling her a liar, or saying he would not have raped her because she wasn't his type, or disparaged her motives in coming forward, he was abusing her again.
20% : Trump, himself, did his bit to worsen his case by dramatically storming out of court during the closing just as Carroll's lawyer Robbie Kaplan began her arguments.
15% : Significant enough that we can expect misogynists and Trump supporters to claim that Ms. Carroll is getting a windfall and does not deserve millions of dollars for what Trump did to her.

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