The Defamation Litigation Revisited: The U.S. Attorney’s Office Regained by Judge Kaplan
In 2023, Biden’s Justice Department reversed course and allowed the first lawsuit on defamation to move forward. Judge Kaplan found that the former president was also responsible because of the decision in which he found Trump liable for assault.
He could also be prohibited from doing business in the state where he made his name as a real estate mogul. In all, Trump faces 91 charges in federal and state trials, ranging from the ones in New York to those at the federal level related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Despite the size of the penalty, the verdict was not unexpected. The judge ruled before the trial that Trump had made false statements about Carroll. The jury only had to decide how much Trump owed her — not if he was liable. Last year, Trump was ordered to pay $5 million by a jury for defamation, and this time he has to pay the same amount.
The lawsuit was blocked because of Bill Barr’s contention that Trump made the comments in his official capacity as president. This caused the lawsuit to be stuck in court for several years.
Also in 2023, Biden’s Justice Department reversed course and allowed the first lawsuit on defamation to move forward. The case of Trump being found liable for assault was part of the reason Judge Kaplan ruled that Trump was also responsible for defamation in 2019.
During the first day of testimony, he was reprimanded by Judge Kaplan for making comments during Carroll’s time on the stand. Carroll’s lawyers twice flagged that they could hear him and the jury might be able to as well. Kaplan worried that Trump could lose his right to be present.
Habba questioned the writer’s motives for suing and for keeping threats to her email, as well as the praise and support the author received for her allegation.
The Biden Directed Witch Hunt is Against Me, Myself and the Republikanism of the Left-Right Instigation
“It’s absolutely ridiculous!” the statement said. “I fully disagree with both verdicts, and will be appealing this whole Biden Directed Witch Hunt focused on me and the Republican Party.”
A New York jury on Friday ordered former President Donald Trump to pay a total of $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll for ruining her credibility as an advice columnist when he called her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault.