Trump ordered to pay $83 million in E. Jean Carroll verdict
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🗓️ 27 January 2024
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Donald Trump has been ordered to pay $83 million for defaming E. Jean Carroll, after denying her sexual assault allegations.
Colorado voters urge the Supreme Court not to give Trump the power to unleash more 'mayhem.'
USA TODAY Congress, Campaigns and Democracy Reporter Ken Tran has the latest from a congressional fight surrounding the border and immigration.
The UN's top court orders Israel to take steps to prevent death and destruction in Gaza.
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Saturday January 27th, 2024. This is the |
| 0:19.5 | excerpt. Today Donald Trump has been hit with tens of millions of dollars and damages for |
| 0:27.5 | defaming E. Jean Carroll. Plus congressional fights over immigration continue and we look at how one state is leading the way |
| 0:34.6 | on clean energy. A federal civil jury has ruled that former President Donald |
| 0:41.2 | Trump must pay advice columnist E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million for defaming her in 2019 |
| 0:48.4 | when he denied her allegations of sexual assault. |
| 0:51.6 | Trump immediately took to social media to call the verdict, quote, |
| 0:55.0 | absolutely ridiculous, unquote. |
| 0:57.4 | His lawyers said they will appeal. |
| 0:59.9 | The jury deliberated for just three hours to reach the verdict, which includes 18.3 million |
| 1:04.8 | in compensatory damages and 65 million in punitive damages. |
| 1:09.4 | Trump's last remaining rival in the Republican primary, Nicky Haley wasted no time in using this |
| 1:15.2 | as an example of why she said she would make |
| 1:17.8 | a better candidate for Republican voters. |
| 1:20.4 | Friday's verdict is in addition to the $5 million that Trump was already told he'll have to pay Carol after a different jury found last May that he sexually abused her in a dressing room at Berndorf Goodman in the 1990s. |
| 1:33.2 | After Carol went public with her allegations, |
| 1:35.5 | her attorneys say Trump unleashed his supporters on her. |
| 1:38.4 | Her attorney showed the jury a sampling of the messages |
| 1:41.0 | she received, including one saying, |
| 1:43.0 | quote, stick a gun in your mouth and pull the trigger, unquote. |
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