good evening and thanks for joining us. we begin with a massive bill when new york federal jury former president found liable, emotional harm he caused by repeated verbal attacks on e. jean carroll while he was president, some of his followers turned to serious threats against her. $11 million for damage she suffered to reputation and $65 million in punitive damages. $83.3 million total. no comment from her or her team as they left the courthouse in lower manhattan making their way through a sea of cameras and reporters. in a moment we will hear from her attorney, roberta kaplan since the verdict. and another tropic user, jessica leads, witness in the first lawsuit in which she told jurors the former president broker on an airplane on cross- country flight. he denies those claims. he responded to the verdict on social media saying he will appeal the case, adding, quote, our legal system is out of control and used as a political weapon. they have taken away offers imminent rig
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
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,
lawsuit that was filed by a former wwe employee. mcmahon denied the allegations and said he is prepared to defend himself in court. in a statement tonight he said he was resigning, quote, out of respect for the wwe universe. thank you very much for joining us tonight on this very busy news week. you will get great legal perspective coming up. . $5 million did not stop donald trump, will $88.3 million? . the jury says that donald trump must pay 83.3 million to e. jean carroll for statements he made against her. vastly more than anyone expected and a huge victory for e. jean carroll. before the verdict was read the judge asked the jury foreperson what does the m mean? the answer, million. that comes on top of $5 million awarded back in may by the jury that found trump sexually abused carroll and defamed her in 2022 by disparaging her and denying the allegations. the former president is livid. obviously. he has gone on social media, also, obviously, to try to blame, wait