Judge: Trump Liable In E. Jean Carroll Defamation Case

CNBC reports:

A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Donald Trump is liable for defamatory statements he made about the writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019 when she went public with claims he had raped her decades earlier.

Judge Lewis Kaplan, as part of that ruling, said that the upcoming trial for Carroll’s civil lawsuit against Trump will only deal with the question of how much the former president should pay her in monetary damages for defaming her.

Normally, a jury would determine at trial whether a defendant is liable for civil damages claimed by a plaintiff.

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Congrats @ejeancarroll! https://t.co/AhW4kXtAl4 #Trump

— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) September 6, 2023

Trump loses to E. Jean Carroll . . . AGAIN! Accountability IS coming home to roost, first in civil case and then in the criminal cases. Trump’s walls continue to crumble. Let the accountability flood in. pic.twitter.com/zuwLWbwNcE

— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) September 6, 2023

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E. Jean Carroll WINS partial summary judgment in her remaining defamation lawsuit against Trump.

That means the upcoming trial will be “limited to the issue of damages only,” in addition to the $5 million she already won.

DEVELOPING, @TheMessenger https://t.co/FI3x4E9fsl

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) September 6, 2023