Donald Trump’s son took to Twitter and commented on a 2010 tweet from his father’s assault victim E. Jean Carrol.
Going to go out on a limb and say the judge probably didn’t allow this one into evidence either.
Going to go out on a limb and say the judge probably didn’t allow this one into evidence either. https://t.co/vZbDzTHzNp
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 12, 2023
According to a report by CNN, former President Donald Trump has appealed the $5 million judgment awarded to E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist who accused him of sexually abusing and defaming her. Trump’s lawyers filed the notice of appeal in the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals, hours after federal Judge Lewis Kaplan filed a written ruling endorsing the jury verdict and ordering Trump to pay Carroll the full sum. Kaplan presided over the civil trial in New York.
Carroll had alleged that Trump sexually assaulted her in a New York department store in 1996 and defamed her by denying her claim and suggesting she fabricated the story to sell her book. The jury found Trump liable for battery based on the sexual assault claim and ordered him to pay about $2 million in damages to Carroll for the civil battery claim and nearly $3 million in damages for successfully proving her defamation claim against him. However, the jury did not find that Carroll had proved Trump raped her.
Trump denied all claims brought against him by Carroll and called the civil trial verdict “a total disgrace.” During the trial, Carroll acknowledged she is a registered Democrat and thinks Trump was a terrible president, but testified that her political views have nothing to do with her case.
Trump did not attend the trial, and his team contended the former president couldn’t get a fair trial in New York City. His lawyer, Joe Tacopina, told jurors in his closing argument that while people have strong feelings about Donald Trump, that shouldn’t matter when reaching a verdict.
