Trump trial live: Donald Trump ordered to pay E Jean Carroll $83.3m for defamation

This is a great victory for every woman who stands up when she’s been knocked down, and a huge defeat for every bully who has tried to keep a woman down.

This win is because of Robbie Kaplan and her dazzling team at Kaplan Hecker & Fink.

Robbie Kaplan, attorney for E Jean Carroll

Today’s verdict proves that the law applies to everyone in our country, even the rich, even the famous, even former presidents. There is a way to stand up to someone like Donald Trump who cares more about wealth, fame, and power than respecting the law. Standing up to a bully takes courage and bravery; it takes someone like E Jean Carroll. We thank the jury for standing up for E Jean and the rule of law.

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For decades, E Jean Carroll wrote columns advising women never to structure their lives around men. Then a rape allegation against the world’s most powerful man upended hers.

Republican lawmakers who have got behind Donald Trump‘s call to reject a bipartisan border deal sparked outrage on both sides of the aisle.

The one-term president privately directed some Republican senators to avoid making a bipartisan compromise over the US southern border, denying Joe Biden a campaign win, an anonymous source told HuffPost.

“Trump wants to kill it because he doesn’t want Biden to have a victory,” the source said. “He told them he will fix the border when he is president… He said he only wants the perfect deal.”

George Conway, the conservative lawyer and fierce Trump critic, said he had a “very emotional reaction” after the former president was ordered to pay $83m in damages to E Jean Carroll.

Mr Conway played a pivotal role in the defamation case coming to trial. He introduced Ms Carroll to her lead attorney Roberta Kaplan, a fact the former Elle advice columnist referred to during her testimony.

In an interview with CNN, Mr Conway said he felt overwhelmed when the jury verdict came in.

“I had a very emotional reaction,” he told CNN’s Kaitlin Collins.

“I was not surprised, because I felt all along that a just verdict would be on the order of 75 to 100 million, possibly even more. But to actually see justice done in this case, I found it quite moving, and I confess I had to go out and take a walk to compose myself.”

Mr Conway said the $83m award to Ms Carroll was “staggering” but well merited.

“It brings to mind the old saying, the saying attributed to Dr. Martin Luther King—the moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

“Well, litigation is a part of that. Litigation takes a long time; it takes a long time to bring someone to justice both civilly and criminally. But when justice comes, it comes with a bang.”

An overjoyed E Jean Carroll hugged her attorneys in court after a jury delivered an $83m verdict against Donald Trump on Friday.

Ms Carroll declined to speak as she left the federal court in lower Manhattan, but left no doubt about how she was feeling in a one-word post on X.

“Elation!!!” the former Elle advice columnist posted.

The former president returned to federal court in Manhattan on Friday morning after briefly testifying in his defence on Thursday afternoon. Meanwhile, on his Truth Social, he has continued to attack the former Elle magazine columnist with more potentially defamatory statements.

He was not in court as the jury ordered him to pay Ms Carroll $83m in damages.

Nikki Haley has said “America can do better” after her Republican presidential rival Donald Trump was ordered to pay $83m for defaming E Jean Carroll.

Ms Haley posted on X that Mr Trump’s legal battles were a distraction from the serious issues facing the United States.

“Donald Trump wants to be the presumptive Republican nominee and we’re talking about $83 million in damages,” Ms Haley wrote in the Friday night post.

“We’re not talking about fixing the border. We’re not talking about tackling inflation. America can do better than Donald Trump and Joe Biden.”

Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani has listed a claim against the one-term president over unpaid legal fees in a new bankruptcy filing.

The ex-New York City mayor includes a “possible claim for unpaid legal fees against Donald J Trump.” in the 26 January filing, which states that the amount is “undetermined.”

Mr Giuliani represented Mr Trump in a string of unsuccessful lawsuits contesting the results of the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden.