Trump storms out of court during E Jean Carroll defamation trial

BBC

Donald Trump has stormed out of his own defamation trial in New York in the middle of closing arguments.

The former president has already been found to have defamed writer E Jean Carroll for comments he made about her in 2019 while he was president.

The jury in the case must now decide how much Mr Trump must pay in damages.

But on Friday, he left court during closing arguments by Ms Carroll’s lawyer, who said Mr Trump was a liar who thought rules did not apply to him.

Prior to his swift departure, Mr Trump was seen shaking his head as lawyer Roberta Kaplan repeatedly brought up that Mr Trump had sexually assaulted Ms Carroll. Mr Trump was found liable for the sexual assault in a separate civil trial last year.

Despite that ruling, he continues to regularly deny any wrongdoing and even knowing Ms Carroll.

“I don’t even know who this woman is – I have no idea who she is, or where she came from. This is another scam… it’s a political with hunt,” Mr Trump said in the early hours of Friday morning on his Truth Social media platform.

The jury in this case will decide how much Mr Trump must pay Ms Carroll for his comments. 

Ms Carroll has asked for $10m – more money than the previous trial because she argues his comments as a sitting president hurt her more…

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