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Does a jury’s decision in a sexual abuse and defamation case carry a political price. [1]
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Date: 2023-05-10
Trump’s Truth Social Posts Cost Him $3 Million in E Jean Carroll Trial
More CNN nonsense tonight, and it seems unlikely that Kaitlin Collins will be able to fluster Mango Mussolini into a gaffe even if Trump thinks clothing is a baked good.
The 2024 Republican presidential candidate scoffed at his upcoming appearance, writing on Truth Social Tuesday that the network was “rightfully desperate to get those fantastic (TRUMP!) ratings once again,”
CNN announced last week it would hold a town hall-style event with Trump and New Hampshire voters Wednesday, the first such event Trump has participated in for years. The network, which experienced a boost in viewership during the 2016 presidential campaign and Trump’s presidency (because who doesn’t want to watch a train wreck…it’s human nature), has taken criticism from some Democrats and media pundits for providing Trump the massive, prime-time platform he so desperately craves. www.politicalflare.com/... x 👆🏼 That's why I view the Trump town hall as a signaling event more than a ratings or revenue play. It's an attempt to make news too, of course. But it's a "signal" to political elites and the public about CNN's editorial approach. (2/2) — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 10, 2023
After an indictment in Manhattan, Donald Trump’s supporters fell in line behind him. A jury’s decision in a sexual abuse and defamation case may yet carry a political price. The price that Mr. Trump was ordered by the jury to pay his accuser, Ms. Carroll, was $5 million, in a verdict he has promised to appeal. But whether he pays any political price at all is unclear. Mr. Trump was said to be furious about the verdict, and questioning the various decisions that were made by his team in the defense. Far from letting up on Ms. Carroll, his team plans to aggressively attack her claims and tether her to Democrats. There is no world in which the result of that civil trial was a positive development for the project he is most focused on: the presidential campaign for which he remains the Republican front-runner. www.nytimes.com/…
"It was unclear what, if any, repercussions Mr. Trump's after-action comments might incur," according to The New York Times, which noted that Kaplan issued a warning about his rhetoric during the trial before a jury awarded Carroll $3 million in damages after Trump called her a liar. "Presumably he can be sued again," The Intercept's Ryan Grim tweeted, "it's not like Reid Hoffman is out of money." www.salon.com/...
Unfortunately E. Jean Carroll is not going to be attending the NH Town Hall event.
“The dress played a big roll...” On Carroll’s colorful pet name — and the incendiary term she once used for her ex-husband — it’s hard to imagine how that information would have helped a jury determine whether Trump sexually abused her in the mid-1990s. And the judge found those topics irrelevant. Carroll testified about her tumultuous marriage to Johnson, a Black TV news anchor. She was candid about her racially loaded insult toward Johnson in “What Do We Need Men For,” the same book in which she first revealed her allegations against Trump. The judge left out the remark as too inflammatory to put before a diverse New York-based jury. If discrediting a witness for a racially inflammatory comment were generally permitted in court, Trump — who began his 2016 campaign by suggesting Mexicans are “rapists,” used a slur to describe Japanese people, and has spoken broadly about laziness in “the Blacks” — probably wouldn’t be the beneficiary of such a rule. ‘Rape is sexy’ As he did in his deposition, Trump misrepresented an interview Carroll gave with CNN’S Anderson Cooper in a separate post. “After listening to the Anderson Cooper tape of the Carroll interview where she said ‘rape is sexy,’ and other totally incriminating things, it is not possible to believe that this woman, who I do not know and have never met before (except on a crowded celebrity photo line), could be credible or convincing to a Judge & Jury,” Trump wrote. lawandcrime.com/...
x Trump was even preying on women in the WH. He was singularly focused on one aide. Stephanie Grisham tried to make sure the aide wasn’t alone with Trump. Grisham was afraid of what he’d do to her. Says it all. #wtpBLUE #wtpEarth #ResistanceUnited #DemsAct
https://t.co/hdgwyi6ogi — Claire Bear Resists (@claireluvsbearz) May 10, 2023
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