After Defamation Finding, Trump Again Says Carroll Lied
Hours after a Manhattan jury on Tuesday found that former President Donald J. Trump had sexually abused and defamed the writer E. Jean Carroll, Mr. Trump went on social media to call her a liar.
It was the kind of attack that had led Ms. Carroll to sue him twice for defamation, including this week’s case, in which she won $5 million in damages.
His unrelenting commentary on Ms. Carroll, her lawsuit and even the judge in the civil trial, Lewis A. Kaplan, raises questions about what repercussions Mr. Trump could face in any motions he makes before Judge Kaplan or in a promised appeal, or whether he could face a new defamation lawsuit.
In Mr. Trump’s most recent comments, he again sharply criticized Ms. Carroll, who had accused him of attacking her nearly 30 years ago in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman, a Manhattan department store.
Source: The New York Times
