i m in for nicolle wallace. the final day of e. jean carroll versus donald trump with closing arguments focused on a high-stakes question. what is the price to pay for using one of the world s most powerful megaphones to defame someone. first up her attorney addressed the factor looming over the trial, that is, trump s continued attacks on e. jean carroll. she pointed out trump spent the entire trial continuing to engage in defamation, trump dramatically stormed out of the courtroom. the judge noted the incident and kaplan continued. cnn repts that she said, quote, the case is also about punishing donald trump for what he has done and what he continues to do. shd trump tries to, quote, normalize conduct that could hardly be more abnormal. she went on to say, quote, typically when someone is found liable for defamaon, they stop making those statemeven if they don t like t jury s verdict, even if you d t like the jury s decision you follow it. those are the this trial is also
the lead with jake tapper starts now. at any moment we are expecting a big court decision that could cost donald trump tens of millions of dollars, the lead starts right now. a jury deliberating after a dramatic day in the e. jean carroll defamation case, donald trump stormed out of the courtroom and the judge threatened to lock up trump s attorney and now jurors will decide how much you must pay for defaming the woman he already found liable for sexually abusing and defaming. the showdown, texas defies a court ruling court ruling keeping razor while and the national guard at the border, one of 25 governors siding with the lone star state over the rule of law. one of the most stunning acts of violence we have heard of from gaza, palestinians shot dead despite waving white flags of surrender. a scene investigation coming now about how bad and how often it is happening. welcome to the lead, i am jake tapper a day of antics inside the man tent a manhattan courthous
to go out of what was being decided, which is really how much of anything he owed her he was still denying the heart of the allegation the point that tran20 s attorney made yesterday as he was being cross-examined that, was that there was another trial in and trump did not show up or testify, he did not even go to the courtroom, which he has since said it was because his attorneys advised him to do so, but the attorney saying he could have come for that trial. and of course we are seeing how it has ended up, no surprise that he is going to appeal this but also revealing how angry he is about how much with the situation where he is going to have to potentially pay e. jean carroll 2 lies that president biden had anything to do with the defamation suit, he did not , zero evidence there is of that , and 2nd of all that this is anything to do with first amendment rights, the department amendment to the u.s. constitution, allowing for more freeze than almost any other country on ea
it is sunday, january january 28th, in your watching velshi. i m charles coleman junior filling in for my friend ali velshi, we ve got a lot to talk about. we start this morning with the trials against donald trump. he had his day in court, and i was just been ordered by a jury of his peers to pay 83 point $3 million to e. jean carroll for repeatedly defaming her. how do you respond? vegas, baby. the campaign rally a week and a half before the nevada caucuses was replete with the typical vitriol, hatred, and lives we ve come to expect from the twice impeached, multiply indicted republican from honor. however, instead of focusing on his primary opponent nikki haley, trump largely directed his verbal assault at president joe biden. now, to, be fair, this actually makes more sense, and it reconciles much better into trump s political economy. the primary season may have just begun, but, to be real, things are all but over. president joe biden is going to be the democratic nomine
listen to the show wherever you get your podcasts. the lead starts with wolf plitser in the situation room. happening now breaking news, a huge legal and financial blow to donald trump. a jury says he should may more than $83 million in damages to writer e. jean carroll for defamatory statements he made about her. we re breaking down the verdict and the message it sends to the former president and the clear front-runner for the 2024 republican presidential nomination. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the major breaking news we re following right now. the bombshell verdict in the defamation trial against donald trump. the former president now on the hook for a stunning $83.3 million. let s go to cnn s cara scannell outside the courthouse in new york where all this unfolded. kara, walk us through this verdict. reporter: wolf,