a lot of us have been since the new hampshire primary just five days ago, including an 83 million dollar defamation judgment against the republican front runner. and as the primary plugs forward, the general election campaign has basically begun. biden campaign co-chair is standing nearby talking about how they re going to take on trump, and offered his reaction to e. jean carroll s massive victory against him. plus, from a department store in the 90s to her day in court this week, andrew weissmann and katie phang are going to join me for a deep dive into how curls case against trump got to this point. and what comes next? also, could nikki haley be doing joe biden a favor by calling trump confused? and what are the factors that halle team is weighing as they decide how much to turn up the heat? and later, there is some big civil war energy coming out of texas, as greg abbott taunts the federal government with his actions on the border. i ll talk to about just how crazy t
served minister trump saying he sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room and the 90s. he said she was a liar. it s terrible what s going on. it s a total false accusation and i don t know anything about her. reporter: and may, a different jury that mr. trump had sexually abused and defamed carroll, after he left office. awarded her $5 million. laven this second jury to decide only damages for what he said about her while he was president. carroll alleged his original remarks unleashed a torrent of threats online from trump supporters and tarnished her reputation. but mr. trump s attorney tonight blasting the judge for barr or mr. trump trump deny carroll s claims. before i walked into court, that judge decided that every single defense president trump had, we were not allowed to rise in front of the jury. trump cold the verdict absolutely ridiculous and said he would appeal. in a statement, carroll said, quote, this is a great victory for every woman
$83 million for defaming her. this is an incredibly meaningful amount of money. there may be more to come. tonight, a massive punishment to stop trump with the co-counsel for e. jean carroll. the whole point of this, this enormous damages, unprecedented damages, is to tell donald trump to shot up. then, the politics of a party about to nominate this man. i don t even know who this woman is. i have no idea. as republicans keep trying to and reproductive rights. we ll know veterinary career, thousands of ultrasounds on animals. all that in today s major ruling from the world court on the israel gaza war. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. 83 point $3 million. that s a lot of money. that s almost on trump has just been ordered to pay writer e. jean carroll for repeatedly defaming her after she accused him of sexual assault. the jury spent four days hearing about what donald trump did and witnessing his ongoing contempt tow
amount of damages trump was already found liable for both sexually abusing carroll and defending her in an earlier civil trial. nbc s laura jarrett has more. reporter: carroll originally served minister trump saying he sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room and the 90s. he said she was a liar. it s terrible what s going on. it s a total false accusation and i don t know anything about her. reporter: and may, a different jury that mr. trump had sexually abused and defamed carroll, after he left office. awarded her $5 million. laven this second jury to decide only damages for what he said about her while he was president. carroll alleged his original remarks unleashed a torrent of threats online from trump supporters and tarnished her reputation. but mr. trump s attorney tonight blasting the judge for barr or mr. trump trump deny carroll s claims. before i walked into court, that judge decided that every single defense president trump had, we were no