donald trump, the gingerbread man. although the title may seem like a hilarious comedy, this is hardly a laughing matter. in fact, this is not inspired by real events, but rather based on actual occurrences and real facts. now, in 2023, donald trump, the former president of the united states, and the current front-runner for the republican nomination, was indicted 4 times. he was charged with 91 felony counts, he set for 2 trials, was hit with a multi million dollar civil verdict, and he took the mugshots scene around the world. he s now been removed from the primary ballot in 2 different states. it almost makes you wonder whether he s more busy now than he was when he was actually the commander in chief. with the new year, donald trump faces 5 separate trials and verdicts in 2 civil cases that threaten both his bank accounts and his businesses. all the while, he s also facing the jury that we haven t even talked about. the american electorate. but for as long as donald j tru
good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. donald j trump, the current front runner for the 2024 republican nomination as now been found liable for sexually abusing writer e. jean carroll. the jury of six men and three women announced the verdict late this afternoon after a civil trial that lasted two weeks. nbc s laura jarrett has the details. can we have a statement please? a resoundingly win for e. jean carroll. finding former resident trump sexually abused her and then defamed her by calling her story a lie, awarding her $5 million. the jury swiftly returning their unanimous verdict after fewer than three hours of deliberations. in a statement tonight, carroll saying, this vector is not just for me but for every woman who has ever because she was not believed. over the course of two weeks, they heard flip carroll tearful dressing room at bergdorf goodman. two friends she told at need time, along with two other women who accused mr. trump of making unwanted adv
the whole country a service. by helping illustrate the confusion and the denial that a lot of sexual victims feel in those first moments after an assault. she s going to be a really important guest to hear from tonight, lawrence, it s great to have her. yeah, alex, last night, on this program, we hand harvard law professor lawrence tribe. and i alerted the audience to the fact that is very likely that president biden would be paying attention to what professor tribe said about the debt ceiling and the 14th amendment on this program last night. and sure enough today, when president biden was asked about it he said, i have been considering the 14th amendment, and a man i have enormous respect for, larry tribe, who advised me for a long time, thinks that would be legitimate. i m not saying he was watching the show. i think you could say that. i think you can say that. i think that means you are allowed to say that. i don t know. i don t know. i think you deserve it.
That comes back that quickly means the jury believed nothing from one side of the case. and in the first moment of the first reading of the jury verdict, by the court clerk, there was hope for donald trump. the judge said, the clerk will publish the verdict. and then the deputy clerk said, as to battery, and then the deputy clerk read the verdict forum with the questions presented to the jury and their answers. question, as to battery, did miss carroll prove by a preponderance of the evidence that, one, mr. trump raped ms. carroll. answer, no. the clerk quickly moved to the next question which then allowed the trump team not more than one full second or two to
When you are a prosecutor, one of the things you argue very frequently is, if these people were all lying, the story would not sound like this. you could make up much better story. they made much on the defense side of, oh, this happened at bergdorf goodman. well, it s completely lying, pick some other place. none of it really made any sense. i thought what was so wonderful about this verdict, and was worried beforehand, as very much to faith s point, which was that this was an adult verdict. this was people really understanding a woman from a different generation, from my mother s generation, where the idea of coming forward and saying something was just anathema to how you were brought up. and the idea that it was the me too movement, at a younger generation, that led the way,