Joe Biden, the heavy favorite in the Republican primaries and likely opponent in November’s presidential election, immediately announced he was going to appeal.
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An astronomical sum. Against the backdrop of rape allegations in the year 1990, Donald Trump was sentenced, on Friday, January 26, by a civil court in New York, to pay the author $83.3 million in damages for defamation of him. The former president of the United States, campaigning for re-election, was immediately condemned on his social network Truth Social. “ridiculous” And promised to appeal.
The heavy favorite in the Republican primaries and likely opponent of Joe Biden in the November presidential election has once again condemned. “(Him) and the Biden-led witch hunt against the Republican Party”. The trial, for defamation only, stems from the first civil complaint in 2019 and began on January 16 in an electric environment.
Intent to “harm” identified
The conviction, decided by a popular jury, included $65 million in damages “punitive”. The judges recognized the intention of the no “damage” Donald Trump, 77, was already found liable by a judge for defamatory remarks against 80-year-old Elizabeth Jean Carroll, who claimed at least $10 million in damages for moral and professional damages.
Elizabeth Jean is a former columnist for the American edition of Carroll magazine she, who accused Donald Trump of raping her in the fitting room of a New York department store in 1996. Based on another civil complaint in 2022 for rape and defamation, she held him liable last May for sexual assault 28 years ago and defamatory comments made in 2022. Donald Trump was then ordered to pay 50 lakhs. Dollars in compensation. The total amount he will pay after the 2023 and 2024 trials is more than $88 million.
