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Five days after the May 9, 2023 civil verdict in E. Jean Carroll’s case, Donald Trump was still dealing with the fallout from a jury finding that he sexually abused Carroll and defamed her, with $5 million in damages attached. The timing matters: May 14 was not a new ruling date, but a day for reckoning with a verdict already on the books.
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Five days after the May 9, 2023 civil verdict in E. Jean Carroll’s case, Donald Trump was still dealing with the fallout from a jury finding that he sexually abused Carroll and defamed her, with $5 million in damages attached. The timing matters: May 14 was not a new ruling date, but a day for reckoning with a verdict already on the books.
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Five days after the May 9, 2023 civil verdict in E. Jean Carroll’s case, Donald Trump was still dealing with the fallout from a jury finding that he sexually abused Carroll and defamed her, with $5 million in damages attached. The timing matters: May 14 was not a new ruling date, but a day for reckoning with a verdict already on the books.
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