Carroll Vows To “Do Something Good” With Judgment

The New York Times reports:

As soon as E. Jean Carroll heard the verdict on Friday — $83.3 million in defamation damages against Donald J. Trump — a world of possibility opened before her: How to use the money? “I’m not going to waste a cent of this,” she said. “We’re going to do something good with it.”

When told on Saturday that Ms. Carroll would persist and hoped to do good with the money, one of Mr. Trump’s lawyers, Alina Habba, referred a reporter to what she said late Friday: “We did not win today — but we will win.”

Ms. Carroll said that it was not until Saturday morning that she finally began to enjoy what happened. “It was so overpowering yesterday,” she said. “I couldn’t feel the elation.”

Read the full article. As the Times notes, Trump’s appeals could take years. Trump has so far avoided attacking Carroll directly since the verdict, including at last night’s rally in Nevada, where he didn’t mention the case at all.

E. Jean Carroll in her first interview since a jury awarded her $83.3 million in damages against Trump: “I’m not going to waste a cent of this. We’re going to do something good with it.” https://t.co/2DvrBzUIyn

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 28, 2024

Sitting in the courtroom across from Trump, E. Jean Carroll remembered the fable of the emperor: “When you’ve actually faced the man, he’s just a man with no clothes on. It’s the people around him that are giving him the power.” https://t.co/2DvrBzUIyn

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 28, 2024