A federal judge ruled that the jury hearing E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit will only need to decide how much money Donald Trump will have to pay her, after the judge found the former president was liable for making defamatory statements.

The finding is a significant blow to Trump, who is facing numerous criminal indictments and civil lawsuits – many of them coming to a head as he embarks on a presidential campaign.

Judge Lewis Kaplan said that a federal jury’s verdict earlier this year against Trump will carry over to the defamation case set to go to trial in January involving statements Trump made in 2019 about Carroll’s sexual assault allegations.

  • @[email protected]
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    121 year ago

    You’re not a fan of people being charged for crimes because… it’s on the news?

    That’s a new take. I’ll give you a point for creativity I guess.

    • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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      61 year ago

      I think they’re saying we should be nice to Trump or his cult will get angry.

      Which is funny because we’ve been through that already and it was kind of underwhelming then.