Oh, well, it's only money!

[planosteve]

Former President Donald J. Trump was ordered by a Manhattan jury on Friday to pay $83.3 million to the writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her in 2019 after she accused him of a decades-old rape, attacks he continued in social media posts, at news conferences and even in the midst of the trial itself.

Ms. Carroll’s lawyers had argued that a large award was necessary to stop Mr. Trump from continuing to attack her. After less than three hours of deliberation, the jury responded by awarding Ms. Carroll $65 million in punitive damages, finding that Mr. Trump had acted with malice. On one recent day, he made more than 40 derisive posts about Ms. Carroll on his Truth Social website.

On Friday, Mr. Trump had already left the courtroom for the day when the judge, Lewis A. Kaplan, called in the nine-member jury shortly after 4:30 p.m., warning the lawyers, “We will have no outbursts.” The verdict was delivered nine minutes later to utter silence in the courtroom.
In addition to the $65 million, jurors awarded Ms. Carroll $18.3 million in compensatory damages for her suffering. Mr. Trump’s lawyers slumped in their seats as the dollar figures were read aloud. The jury was dismissed, and Ms. Carroll, 80, embraced her lawyers. Minutes later, she walked out of the courthouse arm in arm with her legal team, beaming for the cameras.

“This is a great victory for every woman who stands up when she’s been knocked down and a huge defeat for every bully who has tried to keep a woman down,” Ms. Carroll said in a statement, thanking her lawyers effusively.

Mr. Trump, who had walked out of the courtroom earlier during the closing argument by Ms. Carroll’s lawyer, said in a Truth Social post that the verdict was “absolutely ridiculous.”

“Our Legal System is out of control, and being used as a Political Weapon,” he said, pledging to appeal. “They have taken away all First Amendment Rights.”

Notably, he did not attack Ms. Carroll.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... 1ee3&ei=33

[Mark]

Everybody on the evil Left, even the stupidest of the stupid, knows this was a bullshit sham witch hunt trial that will be overturned on appeal, and that this evil skank tool of the left that was paid by a huge Democrat donor to bring this action will never see one thin dime from President Trump.

Anybody that defends what happened in this New York courtroom doesn't deserve to live in America.

Statement by Alian Habba, President Trump's lawyer. I urge everybody to listen to her entire statement:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1751015739568570666

[planosteve]

"The former president is also contending with four criminal indictments, at least one of which is expected to go to trial before the November election. His civil cases will soon be behind him, but the greater threat — 91 felony charges, in all — still looms."
It ain't over till it's over.

[planosteve]

I don't think the money bothers him much, he's loaded. But, it hurts because it's going to cost him votes he needs to get elected in order to stay out of prison.

[Mark]

Even CNN admits the court proceedings are bullshit...

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[planosteve]

I expect they will not overturn the decision, but probably reduce the amount of money.

[Mark]

The skank will never see one thin dime from President Trump.

[GFB]

The skank will never see one thin dime from President Trump.

Poltergeist

[planosteve]

I think that most of you recognize that we have big, big problems in this country. And you think that it is the fault of the Democrats. So, if we just had Republicans in charge again, they would go away. But, your solution, elect Trump, was tried before and was a miserable failure. He was voted out of office. You know what they say the definition of insanity is? It's doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.