E Jean Carroll exits courtroom after Trump ordered to pay $83.3m for defamation
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E Jean Carroll has said she hopes to cause Donald Trump “pain” by spending the $83.3m she was awarded in defamation damages on Friday to support causes he would disapprove of.
Ms Carroll, whom the former president was found liable for having sexualy assaulted, told George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America: “If it’ll trigger him ache for me to offer money to sure issues, that’s my intent.”
She recommended she may use the money to begin a “fund for the women who have been sexually assaulted by Donald Trump”.
Mr Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, has in the meantime used the deaths of three American troopers in an Iranian drone attack in Jordan to criticise Joe Biden’s presidency.
Taking to Truth Social on Sunday night, the candidate wrote: “Three years ago, Iran was weak, broke, and totally under control… Then Joe Biden came in and gave Iran billions of dollars, which the Regime has used to spread bloodshed and carnage throughout the Middle East.
“This attack would NEVER have happened if I was President, not even a chance… we would right now have Peace throughout the World. Instead, we are on the brink of World War 3.”
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Trump tries to say credit score for file highs on inventory market
This is sort of one thing from the previous president:
THIS IS THE TRUMP STOCK MARKET BECAUSE MY POLLS AGAINST BIDEN ARE SO GOOD THAT INVESTORS ARE PROJECTING THAT I WILL WIN, AND THAT WILL DRIVE THE MARKET UP — EVERYTHING ELSE IS TERRIBLE (WATCH THE MIDDLE EAST!), AND RECORD SETTING INFLATION HAS ALREADY TAKEN ITS TOLL. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!
Oliver O’Connell29 January 2024 19:19
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E Jean Carroll vows to make use of $83m defamation damages on ‘something Trump hates’
E Jean Carroll has vowed to make use of $83m defamation damages on “one thing Donald Trump hates.” The author, whom the previous president was discovered chargeable for having sexually assaulted, instructed Good Morning America on Monday (29 January): “If it’ll cause him pain for me to give money to certain things, that’s my intent.” In Ms Carroll’s first civil trial towards Donald Trump in May 2023, a jury discovered him chargeable for sexual abuse and defamation and awarded her $5m in damages. On 26 January, a jury in a second trial awarded her $83m for punitive and compensatory damages.
Gustaf Kilander studies on what GOP lawmakers have been saying:
Oliver O’Connell29 January 2024 19:00
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Full story: IRS contractor who stole and leaked Trump tax data sentenced to 5 years in jail
The IRS contractor who stole and leaked former President Donald Trump’s tax data has been sentenced to 5 years in jail.
Oliver O’Connell29 January 2024 18:45
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PREMIUM: The world is already in Trump-induced chaos. Prepare for issues to worsen
Dr Leslie Vinjamuri, director of the US and Americas Programme at Chatham House and Professor of International Relations at SOAS University of London, seems on the sign to Americans and Europeans alike that now’s the time to arrange.
Watch: E Jean Carroll needs to ‘do good’ with Trump defamation compensation money
Oliver O’Connell29 January 2024 18:00
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Trump’s civil instances may wipe out three-quarters of his liquid property
Erik Larson of Bloomberg Newshas calculated that the E Jean Carroll and New York fraud civil instances introduced towards Donald Trump have the potential to wipe out as a lot as 76 per cent of his liquid property, or 15 per cent of his alleged whole wealth.
The former president is estimated to be price roughly $10bn, with round $600m of that in liquid property. In the Carroll case, a jury has ordered him to pay her $83.3m in compensation and punitive damages, whereas within the fraud case towards the Trump Organization, prosecutors have requested for a disgorgement of $370m and for him to be barred from conducting business in New York State — Mr Trump has already been discovered liable of fraud.
Oliver O’Connell29 January 2024 17:45
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OAN allegedly despatched voting firm worker passwords to Sidney Powell
The president of far-right media outlet One America News Network allegedly despatched a Donald Trump-linked lawyer a spreadsheet that claimed to include passwords belonging to staff of a voting know-how firm that’s now suing the community for defamation.
In the risky aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, OAN president Charles Herring appeared to ship the doc to Trump-connected lawyer and election conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell, who promoted baseless claims in regards to the electoral course of and voting machine firms on-air whereas pursuing spurious authorized efforts to reverse Mr Trump’s loss.
OAN executives “may have engaged in criminal activities” by violating state and federal information privateness legal guidelines, in accordance with legal professionals from voting know-how firm Smartmatic, which is suing the community, Fox News, Ms Powell and different Trump allies for billions of {dollars} in damages for selling bogus claims that the corporate’s software program flipped votes to rig President Joe Biden’s victory.
Alex Woodward has the story:
Oliver O’Connell29 January 2024 17:30
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IRS contractor sentenced to 5 years in jail for stealing Trump tax data
A former IRS contractor who stole and leaked the tax data of former president Donald Trump and 1000’s of different rich people has been sentenced to 5 years in jail.
Charles Littlejohn pleaded responsible to 1 rely of unauthorised disclosure of earnings tax returns in October 2023.
He leaked the knowledge to 2 information retailers and deleted the paperwork from an IRS-assigned laptop computer issued to him as an exterior guide working with the federal government company. He then took steps to cowl his tracks.
Accessing the information undetected concerned navigating loopholes within the system after which downloading data to an Apple iPod earlier than importing them to a personal web site that he later deleted.
This is a creating story…
Oliver O’Connell29 January 2024 17:14
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Watch: E Jean Carroll says Trump was ‘nothing’ in courtroom
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