hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york, an extraordinary and historic moment unfolding today in a manhattan courthouse where a jury of six men and three women ruled that the disgraced, impeached, indicted ex-president and now also liable for sexually abusing writer e. jean carroll inside a luxury manhattan department store in the mid-1990s. trump was also found liable for defamatory statements he made toward carroll including calling her claims a hoax and a con job. in total this jury awarded the former journalist nearly $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages. the jury did not find trump liable for raping e. jean carroll. it s the only claim on the ten count verdict that went in his favor. while the jury s unanimous verdict was decided in less than three hours it carries no criminal implications for donald trump, it is nonetheless a historic moment of accountability for the ex-president and current republican front-runner. donald trump with his long record of lying and
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they were agreeing with them in certain way. and so his conduct, his flaunting rule of law feeling he s above the lie, he can lie about anybody and anything whether it s an election or whether it s a sexual assault on a woman, you know, these results, the verdict and the settlement do show a measure of accountability. and i think for several years now many of us have been really just crying out for some accountability for a man who has shown just disdain for the rule of law. who we can go back to his early days, right, and, you know, firing james comey, for essentially wanting to do an investigation that would abide by the rule of law. and i will tell you, though, it doesn t appear that he s changed because i just had sent to me that he s now donald trump saying now post-verdict i have absolutely no idea who this woman is. so he just defamed her again. the jury found that was a lie, that that was false.
me today the response will be comprehensive and thorough in responding to the committee s kwrs, but it doesn t mean the white house will comply with the request. clearly, the white house is working on its own timetable here. pamela, thank you very much from the white house. now, democratic congressman from california eric swalwell, who sits on the house intelligence and judiciary committees. so what s your thought? the president today seems to be singing a different tune and says let everyone see the mueller report. do you believe him? well, good evening. also, i have to say, happy new year to the persian community and muslim community in my district and across the country. but i don t believe him. because he has obstructed every step along the way. if the mueller team has a cable package, they will have seen him obstruct on cable news nightly almost. there s no exception to who could be so dumb that they would tell lester holt they obstructed justice by firing james comey. i als