Former President Donald Trump called a Manhattan jury’s determination that he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll a “disgrace” and repeated his claim that he has “absolutely no idea who this woman is” in a Truth Social post Tuesday, minutes after the jury reached a verdict.
Writer E. Jean Carroll leaves a Manhattan court house after a jury found former President Donald ... [+]
Trump said the verdict was “a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time,” a term he has repeatedly used to refer to the various law enforcement investigations against him.
The Manhattan jury, after just three hours of deliberation in the civil case, determined Tuesday that Trump was liable for sexually abusing Carroll in a department store in the 1990s and owes her $5 million—$2 million in damages for the abuse and about $3 million for defaming Carroll by denying the encounter.
The jury rejected Carroll’s claim that Trump raped her, however.
Earlier in the day, Trump falsely claimed he was silenced in the case and “not allowed to speak or defend” himself, vowing on Truth Social to “appeal the Unconstitutional silencing . . . no matter the outcome,” even though he declined to testify during the two-week trial.
This is a developing story and will be updated.