Tag Archives: Trump rapist

Carroll’s Lawyer: Trump Is “Going To Have To Pay”

Anderson Cooper: “There have been plenty of cases where a jury awards a huge verdict and it gets knocked down later on. Do you anticipate, E. Jean Carroll actually seeing this money? There’s been plenty of defendants who have a big judgment against them and somehow finagle a way, declare bankruptcy, or figure out a way not to pay. Do …

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Trump Blasts Deal Giving Biden Power To Close Border

Politico reports: The day after President Joe Biden ramped up his rhetoric on a border deal, former President Donald Trump again tried to undercut the chances of significant immigration reform this year. “A bad border deal is far worse than no border deal,” the former president and GOP presidential frontrunner wrote in all-caps on Truth Social. The bipartisan deal, which …

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NYT: Trump Can Seek $83M Bond Pending Appeal

The New York Times reports: Mr. Trump can pay the $83.3 million to the court, which will hold the money while the appeal is pending. This is what he did last year when a jury ordered him to pay Ms. Carroll $5.5 million in a related case. Or, Mr. Trump can try to secure a bond, which will save him …

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Giuliani On Trump: “It Was Sexual Assault Not Rape”

“The judge is a disgrace to the greatest court in America. He’s telling a lawyer what questions to ask. That’s totally ridiculous. He won’t let him defend himself. First of all, he was found not guilty– or not liable for rape. It was sexual assault, not rape. And second, you can be guilty of rape, and still, a person can …

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Trump Lawyer Alina Habba Rages After Verdict [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: Speaking to reporters outside the courthouse, Trump lawyer Alina Habba said they would “immediately” appeal today’s verdict. In response to a reporter’s question about whether she was having second thoughts about being Trump’s attorney, Habba said representing him was “the proudest thing I could ever do.” Habba also said Americans were seeing a “violation of our justice …

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BREAKING: Trump Ordered To Pay Carroll $83.3 Million

CNN reports: A jury in Manhattan federal court has reached a verdict in the civil defamation trial to determine how much in damages Donald Trump should pay E. Jean Carroll – if any — for defamatory public statements he made about the writer in 2019, according to a court official. Former President Donald Trump departed the Manhattan federal courthouse around …

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Trump Wails Over “Extremely Abusive” Carroll Judge

Posted just now to Trump’s Truth Social account: Judge Kaplan refuses to allow the Anderson Cooper Interview on CNN of E. Jean Carroll wherein Carroll says, “Rape is sexy,” and numerous other things that totally exonerate me. Judge Kaplan is refusing me my Constitutional Right to Due Process, to defend myself against this False Accusation. This is a one-sided trial, …

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Trump Storms Out Of Court During Closing Arguments

The New York Daily News reports: Donald Trump stormed out of the defamation trial brought by E. Jean Carroll just minutes into closing arguments by the writer’s lawyers Friday morning. “This case is about how to compensate Ms. Carroll for the harm that Mr. Trump’s original statements — going back to June 2019 — caused her,” Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, …

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TODAY: Jury To Consider Damages In Carroll Case

Reuters reports: The writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against Donald Trump is likely headed for a jury on Friday, after lawyers for both sides offer final arguments on how much Trump damaged Carroll’s reputation by denying he raped her. Carroll, 80, is seeking at least $10 million over Trump’s June 2019 denials, when he was president, that he had raped …

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Trump Calls On States To Deploy Troops To Texas

Posted this afternoon to Trump’s Truth Social account: When I was President, we had the most secure Border in History. Joe Biden has surrendered our Border, and is aiding and abetting a massive Invasion of millions of Illegal Migrants into the United States. Instead of fighting to protect our Country from this onslaught, Biden is, unbelievably, fighting to tie the …

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Trump Called To The Stand In Carroll Defamation Trial

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump will testify in his own defense at the civil defamation trial in New York, his attorney Alina Habba said in court. Habba told Judge Lewis Kaplan that it will be “very brief.” The parties are first discussing what Trump will say and which questions he will answer. As he sits at the defense table, …

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Trump Loses Yet Another Bid To Dismiss Carroll Case

CNN reports: Donald Trump lost another bid to throw out a defamation suit by E. Jean Carroll on Thursday, as the former president braces to testify in an effort to limit additional damages on top of a $5 million sexual abuse verdict last year. “The motion is denied,” senior U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled, after Carroll’s case wrapped in …

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Trump Posts 37 Attacks On Carroll In 20 Minutes

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump made a whopping 37 posts about sexual assault accuser E. Jean Carroll within the space of just 20 minutes on Wednesday evening ahead of his defamation trial in New York. In just 20 minutes, Trump published 37 posts about Carrol – an average of 1.85 posts per minute – attacking the former Elle magazine …

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TODAY: Trump Due To Testify In E. Jean Carroll Case

Bloomberg News reports: Two days after his decisive victory in the New Hampshire primary, Donald Trump is set to take the witness stand in New York to rebut defamation claims by writer E. Jean Carroll — testing his ability to sway a federal jury and a judge he’s already clashed with. Trump’s plan to testify Thursday gives him a chance …

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Trump Defamation Trial Delayed Again Until Thursday

Bloomberg News reports: Donald Trump’s expected testimony in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial against him has been delayed for a third time after a juror fell ill and the former president’s legal team reported Covid exposures at a recent dinner. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Tuesday issued a brief order saying the trial won’t take place in Manhattan on …

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Judge Pushes Trump Defamation Trial To Wednesday

The New York Times reports: The trial of E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit against Donald J. Trump was delayed until Wednesday after a juror fell ill. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan did not give a reason for his decision, which was announced by the federal court in Manhattan late Monday. The decision followed uncertainty over the condition of the juror and …

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Trump Posts 44 Attacks On Carroll In 20 Minutes

The Meidas Touch reports: Trump’s attorney Alina Habba showed up in court this morning and told the court that her parents have covid. One of the jurors who was feeling ill was also apparently sent home, but the trial could have continued without that juror if the parties agreed. This juror later tested negative for covid. However, Habba said that …

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Trump Defamation Trial Postponed Due To Sick Juror

CNN reports: Court has been cancelled today in the civil defamation trial involving E. Jean Carroll and Donald Trump after the judge overseeing the case sent home a sick juror. Both Trump and Carroll were in the courtroom when the cancellation was announced by Judge Lewis Kaplan. E. Jean Carroll had arrived to a Manhattan federal courthouse where her attorneys …

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TODAY: Trump May Testify At Carroll Defamation Trial

The Hill reports: It remains to be seen whether the former president, who has vowed to testify at previous trials before opting against it at the last minute, will follow through this time. If he takes the stand, Trump would be limited in what he can tell jurors. An answer could come soon, however, as Carroll’s legal team concludes calling …

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Trump: My Racist Nicknames Are “A Fun, Effective Tool”

“I do that with a lot of people like Hutchinson. I mean, he was polling at zero for about one year and I called him — rather than Asa — I called him Ada Hutchinson. And it just felt good to me. And with her [Haley], it’s just something that came. It’s a little bit of a takeoff on her …

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