A giddy, gloating E. Jean Carroll appeared on the Rachel Maddow Present on MSNBC Monday evening to speak about her profitable an $83 million judgement in opposition to President Trump in federal courtroom in New York Metropolis final week over alleged defamation over feedback made by Trump after he misplaced a civil go well with involving a weird accusation of sexual assault within the Nineteen Nineties in a New York Metropolis division retailer. Trump has vociferously denied the accusation by Carroll.
Carroll had taken a earlier victory lap on the Monday morning information reveals (TGP report by Cristina Laila here.)
Showing together with her smiling attorneys Roberta ‘Robbie’ Kaplan and Shawn Crowley, the 80-year-old Carroll gushed to Maddow about eager to take her on a buying spree with Trump’s cash, saying, “Very first thing, Rachel, you and I are going to buy groceries, we’re going to get fully new wardrobes, new footwear…Rachel, what would you like, penthouse? It’s yours, Rachel! Penthouse? And France? You need France? You wish to go fishing in France?”
Crowley lower in saying, “That’s a joke.”
Carroll additionally spoke about being terrified within the days earlier than the trial and having a “breakdown”, saying, “I couldn’t discuss and I couldn’t go on.” Carroll advised Maddow she could be keen to sue Trump once more if her attorneys beneficial it.
Break down of the award to Carroll (NBC News excerpt):
Former President Donald Trump should pay author E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in damages for repeatedly defaming her, a jury discovered Friday.
The nine-person jury started deliberations in federal courtroom in New York at 1:40 p.m. ET and reached a verdict in just below three hours.
The award included $11 million for injury to Carroll’s popularity, $7.3 million for emotional hurt and different damages, and $65 million in punitive damages.
…The decision is the second for Carroll in opposition to Trump. A unique jury final yr discovered Trump responsible for sexually abusing her in a New York Metropolis division retailer within the Nineteen Nineties and for defaming her by mocking her claims after he left the White Home. They awarded her $5 million in damages, a judgment Trump is interesting.
U.S. District Decide Lewis Kaplan — no relation to Carroll’s lawyer —discovered Trump responsible for defamation within the present case based mostly on that jury’s findings. That discovering barred Trump from testifying that Carroll’s declare was made up, however Trump nonetheless managed to take action in his quick testimony. “I contemplate it a false accusation,” he stated.
The Maddow Weblog posted, “Apparently, imagining the right way to spend Donald Trump’s cash is as enjoyable as you may need guessed.”
Apparently, imagining the right way to spend Donald Trump’s cash is as enjoyable as you may need guessed. pic.twitter.com/OtitBkS0Qy
— Maddow Weblog (@MaddowBlog) January 30, 2024
Excerpt from YouTube transcript, flippantly edited for formatting:
Maddow: YOU’VE TALKED ABOUT USING SOME OF TRUMP’S MONEY THAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO GET TO HELPIN6 SHORE UP WOMEN’S RIGHTS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MIGHT BE, WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE?
Carroll: YES, RACHEL, YES!
Maddow: TELL ME.
Carroll: I HAVE SUCH, SUCH GREAT IDEAS FOR ALL THE GOOD I’M GOING TO DO WITH THIS MONEY. FIRST THING, RACHEL, YOU AND I ARE GOING TO GO SHOPPING. WE’RE GOING GET COMPLETELY NEW WARDROBES, NEW SHOES, MOTORCYCLE FOR CROWLEY, NEW FISHING ROD FOR ROBBIE. RACHEL, WHAT DO YOU WANT? PENTHOUSE? IT’S YOURSELF. RACHEL.
Maddow: NOTHING.
Carroll: PENTHOUSE IN FRANCE? YOU WANT FRANCE? YOU WANT TO GO FISHING IN FRANCE?
Maddow: NO.
Carroll: NO? ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
Lawyer Shawn Crowley: THAT’S A JOKE.
Maddow: ALTHOUGH, IF ME FISHING IN FRANCE COULD DO SOMETHING FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS, I WOULD TAKE THE HIT, I WOULD OBVIOUSLY TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM.
Movies of the entire Maddow interview posted by MSNBC to YouTube:
Conservative activist Greg Worth commented:
Reminder:
– She doesn’t bear in mind the yr is supposedly occur.
– Her story mirrored the plot of a Regulation & Order SVU episode
– The gown she claimed to be sporting hadn’t even been designed but
– Her lawsuit was funded by Reid Hoffman and considered by George Conway and Molly Jong Quick.
– She stated on CNN “rape is attractive.”
– She was concerned in altering NY state legislation so she may sue Trump within the first place
Reminder:
– She would not bear in mind the yr is supposedly occur.
– Her story mirrored the plot of a Regulation & Order SVU episode
– The gown she claimed to be sporting hadn’t even been designed but
– Her lawsuit was funded by Reid Hoffman and considered by George Conway and Molly Jong…— Greg Worth (@greg_price11) January 30, 2024
