Haley: “I Absolutely Trust” The E. Jean Carroll Jury

Semafor reports:

Nikki Haley’s campaign against Donald Trump reached a new phase with five crucial words in her “Meet The Press” interview on Sunday: “I absolutely trust the jury.”

Haley’s active defense of the anonymous jurors that awarded E. Jean Carroll $83 million in damages after a previous jury found Trump was liable for sexual assault and defamation marked a point of no return. “I think that they made their decision based on the evidence,” she added, just to make her position crystal clear.

Haley is still a very long shot to win the nomination, and we’ll see how far she actually goes with all this — other candidates have dipped their toe into discussing the details of Trump’s indictments and civil trials only to soon back away.

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Lots of losing R’s enter the Ted Cruz 2016 zone where they say what they really think about Trump only as a dying tantrum. Haley’s polling fits the bill, but it’s notable she’s doing it as an actual focused strategy with some thought behind it. https://t.co/7EvnpUrMzb

— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) January 28, 2024

NBC News: “The jury has now moved. They’ve found him liable of sexual abuse. Do you not trust the jury and their findings, ambassador?”

Nikki Haley: “I absolutely trust the jury, and I think that they made their decision based on the evidence.”pic.twitter.com/SH2BG7fUts

— The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) January 28, 2024