when you re telling people that a presidential election is being stolen, you can t be shocked when people believe you and then become violent. at some point, they have to take responsibility. you know, you know, the thing is, mika first of all, donald trump is saying that it s smart. yeah, so smart that while he is sitting there lying to them and grifting and getting hundreds of millions of dollars from people lying, saying, give me money and we ll fight the election, and it all goes to him. first of all, not smart there. also, unfortunately, there were a lot of people that went up to the capitol because they believed donald trump. they believed his lies. yeah. they re sitting in prison right now. he s just sitting back at mar-a-lago, living his life, loving it. family vacations around the world, on beaches. flying all around on his private, well, you know, 757, whatever it is. flying from one country club to another. and they re sitting in jail, yeah. you ll no
i just have to come to that conclusion, that they re afraid to win. since you mentioned the e. jean carroll case, let s look at exactly what the judge said. the jury only found trump liable for sexual abuse, and then there was a new court filing. a judge clarified that the jury found that donald trump did rape writer e. jean carroll, and that was in the way that the word is commonly used. the jury handed down that verdict during a civil trial between the writer and the former president, awarding carroll $5 million in damages. trump s lawyers filed a motion seeking either to reduce that award or get a new trial, arguing that he was not found liable for rape like carroll alleges. yesterday, the judge denied that, saying the way new york law defines rape is narrower
than how it is commonly defined by some dictionaries and statutes. he wrote, the finding that ms. carroll failed to prove that she was raped within the meaning of the new york penal law does not mean that she failed to prove that mr. trump raped her, as many people commonly understand the word rape. indeed, as the evidence at the trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that mr. trump, in fact, did exactly that. this filing comes as trump faces a second defamation lawsuit from carroll over comments he made about her shortly after she came forward with her allegation, as well as comments he made the day after the jury in the first trial handed downverdict. remember that? he couldn t stop. attorneys for trump have not responded to questions for comment. it is interesting, kevin mccarthy is so shared of this
2021. in an expletive-laced phone call with kevin mccarthy while the u.s. capitol was under attack, trump said the rioters cared more about the election results than mccarthy did. mccarthy insisted the rioters were trump supporters and begged trump to call them off. and then the shouting match began. a furious mccarthy told then president trump rioters were breaking into his office and through the windows and asked trump, quote, who the f except he didn t say f who the f do you think you are talking to? that s kevin mccarthy shouting while his office is under siege, begging donald trump to stop the rioters, begging donald trump to stop the riot, and then donald trump saying, oh, kevin, it s antifa. his response, again, a shouting
officially out tomorrow. we re going to get to you in a moment. the book is thank you for your servitude: donald trump s washington and the price of submission. it s about a lot more than trump. it s about the republicans and others, so we ll get to that in just a moment. president biden is going to be hosting an event today at the white house celebrating is signing of bipartisan gun legislation bill he signed last month. biden is going to welcome elected officials, gun safety advocates, and experts, along with survivors, family members, and victims of mass shootings. the new federal law funds crisis intervention, closes a so-called boyfriend loophole, and exchanges required background checks for people under the age of 21. mika. senate majority leader chuck schumer tested positive as covid. his spokesperson describes it as