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
Trump was like an octopus. she was seated next to him on a plane. she couldn t keep his hands off of her. he had 40 zillion hands, she said. vaughn hillyard, we haven t explicitly said this, but let s say it now. this is a former president of the united states being found liable not just for defamation, but for sexually assaulting a woman. and part of what makes this so monumental is that there were so many allegations in 2016 and beyond that donald trump did just that to a lot of different women. he always denied each and every one. sometimes he would say i ve never met the person. sometimes he would say they re not my type. he said that about jessica and also carroll. that s the where kaplin replayed that video deposition where he
Video deposition where he told e. jean carroll s lawyer that she was not his type. that she wasn t the type of person that he would want to i guess sexually abuse was the, or would get involved with. that s what he says in the video deposition when asked about the allegation of rape by e. jean carroll. the trump campaign team has released a statement. trump 2024 spokesman. he says the democratic party s never ending witch hunt of president trump hit a new low today. in jurisdictions controlled by the democratic party, our nation s justice system is now totally made up claims from troubled individuals to interfere with our elections. doing great damage. so saying this verdict is an interference with the 2024 election. make no mistake this entire bogus case is a political endeavor targeting president trump because he s an
We have not heard directly from carroll, but we ve seen her leave. we re still looking at the doors to see if donald trump s lawyer comes out and says anything to reporters. not so sure he will, but again, we ll see. laura jarrett has joined me. we ve had a lot of conversations about this case, that video deposition where he says unfortunately or fortunately stars have been sexually assaulting women for millions of years. was that as big of a deal as it plaeed to us do you think? i think the number that we have seen today sort of answers that question. i think $5 million including punitive damages is meant to send a message. we won t know unless we sit down and talk to this jury about what was going on in the deliberations. they came back though in less than three hours. that s astonishing given they had all to work through. given all the sort of legal machinations that were in front of them. they had to work through all the
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