Trump's New Hampshire speech just gave E. Jean Carroll's lawyers 'more ammunition': expert

Former President Donald Trump might have just given E. Jean Carroll's legal team yet more weapons in her defamation suit against him, legal analyst Lisa Rubin suggested on her social media account on Tuesday.

Trump's remarks came shortly after he clinched a win against former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire Republican primary. Some have said the second-state primary win was more narrow than the ex-president hoped for.

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"'I don’t get too angry; I get even.' — Donald Trump, tonight celebrating his victory in New Hampshire and giving E. Jean Carroll’s lawyers more ammunition for cross-examination should he testify in the ongoing trial," wrote Rubin.

Carroll alleges Trump raped her in a New York department store in the late 1990s.

Trump has denied these claims and said that Carroll is fabricating the story to advance her writing career, a claim that formed the basis of Carroll's defamation case.

A jury has already found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. The current trial is purely about assessing additional damages.