Former President Donald Trump accused defamed author E. Jean Carroll of constructing up “false accusations” even after a jury discovered him answerable for sexually abusing her and defaming her when she got here ahead.
“I simply posted a $91 million bond, $91 million on a pretend story, completely made-up story,” Trump stated at a rally in Georgia, including that the judgment was, “primarily based on false accusations made about me by a girl that I knew nothing about, didn’t know, by no means heard of, I do know nothing about her.”
MSNBC authorized analyst Lisa Rubin stated that the punitive judgment within the case seems to solely have been “sufficient to make him cease till he was previous a degree that the choose might not order… additional penalties for it.”
I am struck by the very fact… he stated these items the evening after he posted a bond, filed his discover of attraction the choose has gone finalized,” Rubin continued.
“Ought to E. Jean Carroll and her group need any additional reduction now their solely choice is to file one other case,” she added. “The punitive injury was as nice because it was as a result of Donald Trump stored saying it after the preliminary judgment. The argument they made was that he was not deterred by the primary award, and in reality, continued to say it time and again and once more.”
Rubin stated Carroll’s recourse is to “sue once more or on the very least to oppose the bond, which is an choice that Decide [Lewis] Kaplan gave them.”
“Decide Kaplan stated in the event that they need to oppose the bond the least bit, they’ve till Monday,” she stated. “In the event that they do oppose it, it is going to be in Manhattan federal courtroom.”