Before Judge Lewis Kaplan entered the courtroom for the decision, Donald Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba hugged E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer Shawn Crowley.
Habba then spoke in a pleasant method with Crowley and Carroll’s different lawyer Roberta Kaplan. Trump was not within the courtroom, having left in his motorcade at round 4 p.m. ET.
After the decision sheet was given to the decide — however earlier than it was learn in full — the decide requested the jury foreperson, “What does the ‘M’ mean?”
The foreperson answered, “Million.”
Carroll and Kaplan held fingers at their desk as the decision was learn, with Kaplan on her proper and Crowley on her left.
After the decision was learn, Carroll stood, holding fingers with Crowley and Kaplan.
Afterward, the decide suggested the jurors to by no means disclose they had been on this jury.