Trump rants about gossip columnists online while attorney gives closing argument
Donald Trump ranted about gossip columnists in his latest denial of sex abuse that has already been proven in court.
The former president echoed the main theme from his attorney Alina Habba's closing argument after he abruptly walked out on the trial's final day, insisting he had a right to defend himself from Carroll's claim that he sexually assaulted her more than two decades ago in a Manhattan department store dressing room —an accusation which a jury has already determined to be true.
"The only right, honest, and lawful thing that Clinton-appointed Judge Lewis Kaplan, who has so far been unable to see clearly because of his absolute hatred of Donald J. Trump (ME!), can do is to end this unAmerican injustice being done to a President of the United States, who was wrongfully accused by a woman he never met, saw, or touched (a photo line does not count!), and knows absolutely nothing about," Trump posted on Truth Social.
The previous jury has already determined that Trump's denials were defamatory since they concluded that Carroll's allegations were factual, and the jury in the current trial is tasked with deciding what penalties to impose on him for defamatory statements he made while serving as president.
"I have been considered an A-List celebrity for many decades," Trump said, "so even decades ago, since no one knows which date or dates to refer to, because the accusing woman can’t say the day, month, season, year, or decade, it would have been impossible for me to walk into a crowded department store (surrounded by buildings I own), right opposite the cashiers’ checkout desk, without being written about on Page Six, and every other outlet at the time. Remember, those gossip columnists were, perhaps, even more vicious and obsessed than the Internet of today."
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The jury in the first trial in May 2023 ordered Trump to pay $5 million in damages to Carroll for sexually abusing her and making defamatory statements when he denied it. The second trial, involving statements made earlier while president, moved forward after a federal appeals court denied his claim of presidential immunity.
"We asked for one Trial, on the E. Jean Carroll False Accusation Case, but the Judge wouldn’t give it to us, he made us have two Trials on the same Hoax, and then, on the second Trial, they were allowed to use whatever information they wanted from the first, but we weren’t allowed to use anything!" Trump said. "As an example, the Depositions they’re using on the second Trial were taken in the first. He wouldn’t allow us to use the totally exonerating Anderson Cooper/CNN Interview on either trial, but none of it in the second."
"Our Legal System is in shambles!" he added. "This is another Biden Demanded Witch Hunt against his Political Opponent, funded and managed by Radical Left Democrats. The Courts are totally stacked against me, have never been used against a Political Opponent, like this, but in the end, we will win it all, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"