VIDEO: What the $83.3 million defamation penalty means for Donald Trump
Wow.
A jury — quickly — ruled on Friday that Donald Trump owed $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll for defaming her over allegations that he raped her in the 1990s.
(Sidebar: Trump was found liable for sexually assaulting Carroll last year — and ordered to pay her $5 million.)
Trump will appeal this verdict (as he does every verdict that goes against him). But, the impact of the ruling is significant — highlighting, again, how his myriad legal problems will continue to hamstring his presidential bid.
I talked about what it all means in the video below. I hope you watch — and take a moment to become either a free or paid ($5 a month of $50 for the year) subscriber.
Really commend you for starting out with an observation that didn't have Trump at the center but E. Jean Caroll instead. To put it in Trump's terms (there I go doing it), you focused on the winner first. Not the loser. Good for you.
You look great, Chris. It’s Saturday, you don’t have to dress for us. What do you think we look like on Saturday?
When you say Trump has debt coming due let’s not forget the hundreds of millions AG James wants. That’ll be up the end of the month. I realize he appeals all these verdicts, but it seems like that’s gotta be some substantial costs, too.
This is from my rep, Elise Stefanik, on the result.
“Today's outrageous verdict against President Trump simply continues to prove his point: Democrats have destructively politicized and weaponized our justice system against their political enemies.”
I’m assuredly not a lawyer, but this was a civil case, right? So, it seems like a really long stretch to make it about Democrats “weaponizing” the justice system.