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Jury finds Trump liable in Carroll case
A New York jury found Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation in E. Jean Carroll’s civil case, and rejected her rape claim under New York law.
Edition · April 28, 2023
The Daily Fuckup — April 28, 2023
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Closing take
The through-line here is simple: Trump keeps treating courtroom damage like a messaging problem, and the courts keep treating it like a legal one. That mismatch is expensive, embarrassing, and increasingly hard for his allies to explain away.
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Trump’s defense keeps pushing Carroll’s credibility as Kaplan’s warning lingers
The E. Jean Carroll trial was still unfolding on April 28, 2023, after Donald Trump’s lawyer had spent the prior day cross-examining Carroll and Judge Lewis Kaplan had already warned Trump that a Truth Social post about the case was “entirely inappropriate.”