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Sabri wrote:
Lieing is a second nature to him.
He looks at you and lies thru his teeth
Normal, because he is a LAWYER . They mostly defend criminals by
lieing and simply avoiding the truth
On Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:30:26 -0000 (UTC), roemail@aol.com wrote:
You really have to wonder if people really would elect someone like that >>to ruin their country.
Maybe Trump was right about that election fraud.
Trump only sucks the dicks of brown muslim boys.
Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, awards accuser $5M
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A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice
columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996. The jury awarded her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain
the White House. (May 9) (AP video: David R Martin, Robert Bumsted)
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A jury found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing advice columnist E.
Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could
haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. (May
9)
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An attorney for Donald Trump says he will appeal after a jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996. (May
9) (AP video by Ted Shaffrey)
E. Jean Carroll, center, walks out of Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May
9, 2023, in New York. A jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing the advice columnist in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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E. Jean Carroll, center, walks out of Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May
9, 2023, in New York. A jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing the advice columnist in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
E. Jean Carroll, center, walks out of Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May
9, 2023, in New York. A jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing the advice columnist in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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E. Jean Carroll, center, walks out of Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May
9, 2023, in New York. A jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing the advice columnist in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
E. Jean Carroll walks out of Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May 9, 2023,
in New York. A jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing the advice columnist in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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E. Jean Carroll walks out of Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May 9, 2023,
in New York. A jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing the advice columnist in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Joe Tacopina, former President Donald Trump's lawyer, leaves federal court, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Joe Tacopina, former President Donald TrumpAs lawyer, leaves federal court, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Joseph Tacopina, former President Donald Trump's lawyer, speaks to
reporters as he leaves federal court in New York, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Joseph Tacopina, former President Donald TrumpAs lawyer, speaks to
reporters as he leaves federal court in New York, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
In this image taken from video released by Kaplan Hecker & Fink, former President Donald Trump answers questions during his Oct. 19, 2022,
deposition for his trial against writer E. Jean Carroll. The video
recording of Trump being questioned about the rape allegations against him
was made public for the first time Friday, May 5, 2023, providing a glimpse
of the Republican's emphatic, often colorful denials. (Kaplan Hecker & Fink via AP)
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In this image taken from video released by Kaplan Hecker & Fink, former President Donald Trump answers questions during his Oct. 19, 2022,
deposition for his trial against writer E. Jean Carroll. The video
recording of Trump being questioned about the rape allegations against him
was made public for the first time Friday, May 5, 2023, providing a glimpse
of the RepublicanAs emphatic, often colorful denials. (Kaplan Hecker & Fink via AP)
In this courtroom sketch, E. Jean Carroll turns around and smiles at the
jury as they are being polled after reading the verdict in Manhattan
federal court, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via
AP)
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In this courtroom sketch, E. Jean Carroll turns around and smiles at the
jury as they are being polled after reading the verdict in Manhattan
federal court, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via
AP)
In this courtroom sketch, Judge Lewis Kaplan reads the jury instructions
prior to their deliberations in Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May 9,
2023, in New York, in a lawsuit brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll, who alleges that Donald Trump raped her in a luxury Manhattan department store
in 1996. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
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In this courtroom sketch, Judge Lewis Kaplan reads the jury instructions
prior to their deliberations in Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May 9,
2023, in New York, in a lawsuit brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll, who alleges that Donald Trump raped her in a luxury Manhattan department store
in 1996. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
E. Jean Carroll, second from right, arrives at Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in New York. A jury in New York City is set to begin deliberations in a civil trial over CarrollAs claims that Donald Trump
raped her in a luxury Manhattan department store. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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E. Jean Carroll, second from right, arrives at Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in New York. A jury in New York City is set to begin deliberations in a civil trial over CarrollAs claims that Donald Trump
raped her in a luxury Manhattan department store. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
E. Jean Carroll, center, walks out of Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May
9, 2023, in New York. A jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing the advice columnist in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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E. Jean Carroll, center, walks out of Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May
9, 2023, in New York. A jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing the advice columnist in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
CORRECTS DATE TO MAY 9, 2023 - E. Jean Carroll, center, walks out of
Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in New York. A jury has
found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing the advice columnist in
1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. (AP Photo/John
Minchillo)
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CORRECTS DATE TO MAY 9, 2023 - E. Jean Carroll, center, walks out of
Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in New York. A jury has
found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing the advice columnist in
1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. (AP Photo/John
Minchillo)
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK
Published 8:00 PM EDT, May 9, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) u A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually
abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million
in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to
regain the White House.
The verdict was split: Jurors rejected CarrollAs claim that she was raped, finding Trump responsible for a lesser degree of sexual abuse. The judgment adds to TrumpAs legal woes and offers vindication to Carroll, whose allegations had been mocked and dismissed by Trump for years.
She nodded as the verdict was announced in a New York City federal
courtroom only three hours after deliberations had begun, then hugged supporters and smiled through tears. As the courtroom cleared, Carroll
could be heard laughing and crying.
Jurors also found Trump liable for defaming Carroll over her allegations. Trump did not attend the civil trial and was absent when the verdict was
read.
Trump immediately lashed out on his social media site, claiming that he
does not know Carroll and referring to the verdict as oa disgraceo and oa continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time.o He promised to
appeal.
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TrumpAs lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, shook hands with Carroll and hugged her lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, after the verdict was announced. Outside the courthouse, he told reporters the juryAs rejection of the rape claim while finding Trump responsible for sexual abuse was operplexingo and ostrange.o
oPart of me was obviously very happy that Donald Trump was not branded a rapist,o he said.
He defended TrumpAs absence, citing the trialAs ocircus atmosphere.o He
said having Trump there owould be more of a circus.o
Tacopina added: oWhat more can you say other than aI didnAt do itA?o
In a written statement, Kaplan said the verdict proved nobody is above the law, onot even the president of the United States.o
Carroll, in her own statement, said she sued Trump to oclear my name and to get my life back. Today, the world finally knows the truth. This victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she was not believed.o
It was unclear what, if any, implications the verdict would have on TrumpAs third presidential bid. HeAs in a commanding position among GOP contenders
and has faced few political consequences in the wake of previous controversies, ranging from the vulgar oAccess Hollywoodo tape to his New
York criminal indictment.
His GOP rivals were mostly silent after the verdict, a sign of their reluctance to cross Trump supporters who are critical to winning the presidential nomination. Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, one of the
few vocal Trump critics in the race, said the verdict was oanother example
of the indefensible behavior of Donald Trump.o
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Carroll was one of more than a dozen women who have accused Trump of sexual assault or harassment. She went public in a 2019 memoir with her allegation that the Republican raped her in the dressing room of a posh Manhattan department store.
Trump, 76, denied it, saying he never encountered Carroll at the store and
did not know her. He has called her a onut jobo who invented oa fraudulent
and false storyo to sell a memoir.
Carroll, 79, sought unspecified damages, plus a retraction of what she said were TrumpAs defamatory denials of her claims.
The trial revisited the lightning-rod topic of TrumpAs conduct toward
women.
Carroll gave multiple days of frank, occasionally emotional testimony, buttressed by two friends who testified that she reported the alleged
attack to them soon afterward.
Jurors also heard from Jessica Leeds, a former stockbroker who testified
that Trump abruptly groped her against her will on an airline flight in the 1970s, and from Natasha Stoynoff, a writer who said Trump forcibly kissed
her against her will while she was interviewing him for a 2005 article.
The six-man, three-woman jury also saw the well-known 2005 oAccess
Hollywoodo hot-mic recording of Trump talking about kissing and grabbing
women without asking.
The Associated Press typically does not name people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly, as Carroll, Leeds and Stoynoff have done.
The verdict comes as Trump faces an accelerating swirl of legal risks.
HeAs fighting a New York criminal case related to hush money payments made
to a porn actor. The state attorney general has sued him, his family and
his business over alleged financial wrongdoing.
Trump is also contending with investigations into his possible mishandling
of classified documents, his actions after the 2020 election and his activities during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Trump denies wrongdoing in all of those matters.
Carroll, who penned an Elle magazine advice column for 27 years, has also written for magazines and oSaturday Night Live.o She and Trump were in
social circles that overlapped at a 1987 party, where a photo documented
them and their then-spouses interacting. Trump has said he doesnAt remember it.
According to Carroll, she ended up in a dressing room with Trump after they ran into each other at Bergdorf Goodman on an unspecified Thursday evening
in spring 1996.
They took an impromptu jaunt to the lingerie department so he could search
for a womenAs gift and soon were teasing each other about trying on a
skimpy bodysuit, Carroll testified. To her, it seemed like comedy,
something like her 1986 oSaturday Night Liveo sketch in which a man admires himself in a mirror.
But then, she said, Trump slammed the door, pinned her against a wall,
planted his mouth on hers, yanked her tights down and raped her as she
tried to break away. Carroll said she ultimately pushed him off with her
knee and immediately left the store.
oI always think back to why I walked in there to get myself in that situation,o she testified, her voice breaking, obut IAm proud to say I did
get out.o
She never called police or noted it in her diary. Carroll said she kept
silent for fear Trump would retaliate, out of shame and because she worried that people would see her as somewhat responsible for being attacked.
The jury awarded Carroll $2 million for TrumpAs sexual abuse and $20,000 in punitive damages. For defamation, jurors awarded $1 million for TrumpAs October statement, another $1.7 million for harm to CarrollAs reputation
and $280,000 in punitive damages.
Tacopina told jurors Carroll invented her claims after hearing about a 2012 oLaw and Ordero episode in which a woman is raped in the dressing room of
the lingerie section of a Bergdorf Goodman store.
Carroll ocannot produce any objective evidence to back up her claim because
it didnAt happen,o he told jurors. He accused her of oadvancing a false
claim of rape for money, for political reasons and for status.o
In questioning Carroll, he sought to cast doubt on her description of
fighting off the far heavier Trump without dropping her handbag or ripping
her tights, and without anyone around to hear or see them in the lingerie section.
The lawyer pressed her about u by her own account u not screaming, looking
for help while fleeing the store or seeking out medical attention, security video or police.
Carroll reproached him.
oIAm telling you he raped me, whether I screamed or not,o she said.
ThereAs no possibility of Trump being charged with attacking Carroll, as
the legal time limit has long since passed.
For similar reasons, she initially filed her civil case as a defamation lawsuit, saying TrumpAs derogatory denials had subjected her to hatred, shredded her reputation and harmed her career.
Then, starting last fall, New York state gave people a chance to sue over sexual assault allegations that would otherwise be too old. Carroll was one
of the first to file.
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