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Trump ordered to pay $83 mil in defamation case

today29 January, 2024

Background

Donald Trump has been ordered to pay more than $80 million to writer E. Jean Carroll by a Manhattan jury. On Friday, the jury found comments made by the former US President in 2019 were defamatory.Trump called the verdict ‘absolutely ridiculous’, and claimed the case was a ‘witch hunt’ against him. Sally Patterson reports.

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen