there s a verdict. the jury in donald trump s civil rape case deliberated for just about three hours. the judge announced he will read the verdict at 3:00 p.m. it is 3:00 p.m. the lawyers are in the room. the judge is in the room. the jury is in the room. so any moment now we will hear from they decided. six men and three women were charged with that deciding. one, did donald trump rape carroll and did he defame her when he said she was lying. if so, how much money does carroll deserve to be fairly and adequately compensated for her injuries? in closing arguments, her attorney told the jury donald trump didn t show up because he knew he did it. trump s attorney said trump didn t testify because there was nothing to testify to. he said the whole story was an unbelievable work of fiction. kaplin said carroll was exactly donald trump s type and she played the video deposition where trump mistook carroll for his ex-wife, marla maples. he said she couldn t give a date to when the
it. it s, i think we need to be skeptical that presenting this information to republican voters is going to create a backlash to him or rather as you said, more evidence that they re out to get him. it s this cycle that keeps him afloat. can i ask you to be introspective and figure out why republican voters are so warm to that feeling that donald trump is the grieved and representing them as the aggrieved. so any allegation against him, any criticism against him is thereby a criticism of them. why were they so, why did they embrace donald trump and not someone else in the republican party? and why do they still? i think he was the first to give voice to something that s been in the party for a long time. maybe not the first person to give voice to it as a candidate. there has long been on conservative talk radio, the internet, places where there was this elites versus regular people.
$2.7 million. of course, that s not the entire quantum of damages that might be appropriate here. in addition to the loss of her reputation, she suffered mental anguish, fear, distress and those are proper considerations for the jury. her team never put a dollar figure on that and in their closing arguments, they told the jury we re not going to put a price on that because this has never been about money for miss carroll. this is about regaining her good name and we re not going to insult you by trying to put a dollar figure on that. it s really anyone s guess how high the high could go although the component of it that has to do with reputational damage could be as high as $2.7 million. donald trump never showed up to testify. carroll s lawyer said that s because he knew that he did what he did. he knew that he raped carroll as she alleged. tacopena said no, he can t prove a negative. they never gave a date.
20,000. so far that the jury has awarded to e. jean carroll. also, for reputation repair, $1.7 million. so we re getting up there in the dollar amount. we re on to number ten. in making the statement, mr. trump acted maliciously after hatred, ill will, spite or willful disregard of the rights of a number, of another, excuse me. 10. that is yes. yes, he did so according to the jury. how much if any should mr. trump pay to miss carroll in punitive damages. 280,000 it appears. 280,000 in punitive damages. that is the entirety of the verdict form. no on rape, yes on sexual assault.
can make a more informed decision as to whether he in fact has a conflict of interest. between his verdict, the impatience with his own client and whether he can represent mr. trump fairly in that case, i would not be surprised if he exits stage left and we see todd blanch and susan necklace handle that trial on their own. of course, i can always been wrong. i often am, but those are my predictions. donald trump has responded. what s he saying. i ll read from his social media account. quote, i have absolutely no idea who this woman is. this verdict is a disgrace. a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time. that is donald trump s statement here in the last two minutes. of course, donald trump consistently denied knowing carroll and denied this ever happened, but of course, the jury here today unanimously