February 15, 2024
What the Media hasn't Told you About Carroll v. Trump
By Daniel R. Street
By now, everyone in the entire world heard about a New York federal jury’s award of $83 million dollars to E. Jean Carroll against Donald J. Trump for what she claims was defamation arising from her claim of a sexual assault in a Bergdorf’s dressing room. The verdict itself consists of $18.3 million dollars in compensatory damages and $65 million in punitive damages. What virtually no one reports is these damage awards are grossly excessive. The overwhelming likelihood is Donald Trump won’t have to pay anywhere near this amount of money, even if his efforts to reverse the verdict altogether fail. Let’s take a closer look at the reasons why.
Some background is in order for readers to understand the case and its complicated procedural posture.
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https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/what_the_media_hasnt_told_you_about_emcarroll_v_trumpem.html
