I'm Ben Mycelis from the Midas Touch Network and this is a breaking news alert.

The jury in the E. Jean Carroll federal trial has returned a verdict after three hours

of deliberation and they have found Donald Trump liable of sexually abusing E. Jean

Carroll. The jury also returned a verdict finding Donald Trump liable of defamation of character

with malice awarding E. Jean Carroll damages with respect to Donald Trump's defamation

of character. A major victory for E. Jean Carroll and the jury only took three hours of deliberation

to return this verdict. I want to show you the verdict form right now that was used.

And the first question was whether Donald Trump had raped Miss Carroll and for that answer,

the jury wrote no. And I'll explain why in a minute. But number two, the question was,

did Mr. Trump sexually abuse Miss Carroll and to that they answered yes. Number three was

did Mr. Trump forcibly touch Miss Carroll and to that one they answered yes. And the question

of was Miss Carroll injured as a result of Mr. Trump's conduct, they answered yes. On the questions

regarding defamation of character, did Donald Trump put out false statements about E. Jean Carroll,

they answered yes. Was it done with actual malice? They answered yes. Was she damaged?

They answered yes. So the total damage award to E. Jean Carroll is $5 million. Yes. So the jury

found Donald Trump liable on both of the major claims, the sexual abuse and the defamation

awarding E. Jean Carroll a total of $5 million. Regarding the first question,

there is a technical definition and the jury had to find by a preponderance of evidence whether or not

what took place constitutes a legal definition. And ultimately the jury made the finding that what

took place by a preponderance of evidence satisfied the threshold of sexual abuse and awarded

E. Jean Carroll damages there. So Donald Trump, of course, did not show up to trial. He was

deposed in this action. His deposition was played for the jury. Donald Trump, while he,

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