delegitimized and apply double standards to the state of israel is, in fact, what we should be condemning. it is very, very sad. and the i ve soojee, in many ways, has to make the decision, is it going to be a court of justice like in the trial or will it be a court of injustice just like in the dreyfuss affair. mikael, i want to thank you for our time. i m sorry it is abbreviated. we did lose the connection at first. i m very glad that you could speak with us on holocaust remembrance day. that is this edition of alex reports. i will see you again tomorrow. at next, the weekend. i am ari melber let s get right into the headlines. a jury just hit donald trump with the record-breaking penalty for lying about a sexual isn t to cues are. the defendant ordered to pay $83 million to eugene carroll who is the victorious plaintiff in this case and right here you can see she first walked out of court with her lawyers today. we could tell you the jury deliberated for under three hour
accuser. he s ordered to pay $83 million to the writer e. jean carroll. she s the victor was plaintiff in this case, as she first walked out of court with hers lawyers today. the jury deliberated for just under three hours. that is fast. it shows a very costly miscalculation that he, the ongoing defendant, made by lying and defaming her again after a previous cord victory. $18 million to compensate carroll. okay? that s what the jury foun and then the larger number, a massive $6 billion to punh this defiant defendant. i m going to walk you through why that is such a high number. the injure determined he acted maliciously. this is big in every sense, a large amount of money even for an wealthy defendant they can directly grab the money, as loan as trump owes this and the judgment is not somehow later reversed, the court system can take the 83 mill from his kits, his properties, period. this also sets a huge and significant press den, as legal, as legal reporters ctainly know,
i m sorry, albert let s get right into the headlines. a jury just hit donald trump with this record breaking penalty for lying about a sexual assault accuser. defendant trump, ordered to pay $83 million to the writer e. jean carroll. she is the victorious plaintiffs in this case, and right here you can see as she first walked out of court with her lawyers today. now we can tell you the jury deliberated from just under three hours, that is fast, and they dubbed trump a huge loss, which set its records, and shows a very costly miscalculation that he, an ongoing defendant made by, according to the court system, lying and defaming her again after a previous court victory. here are the numbers tonight, if you ve been watching the news, you may have seen some of this. i want to break it down for me. $18 million to compensate carroll, okay, that is what the jury found she should get for what she went through. and then that larger number, a massive $65 million to punish this defian
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