It appears that Donald Trump did not learn his lesson after the former president was ordered to pay more than $80 million in a defamation case brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll, who was found to have been sexually assaulted by Trump in the mid-1990s.
Trump took the stage on Saturday at a Get Out the Vote Rally in Waterford Township, Michigan. He began by ranting about the outcome of his recent civil fraud trial, where he was hit with an order to pay hundreds of millions of dollars and limit his business practices in New York state.
After discussing the fraud case, Trump turned to Carroll's verdict.
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"How about the one two weeks ago?" Trump asks the crowd Saturday evening. "A woman, I'm saying, 'Who the hell is she? Who is the woman?' It's so unfair what's happening in our country. Our court system is a mess."
He added, "What's happening in our country, they have to straighten it out."
Carroll has already held Trump to account twice for assaulting and defaming her. After the first case, the former president was ordered to pay $5 million. The second trial resulted in a much larger sum, with the jury saying Trump owes Carroll more than $80 million. Trump has vowed to appeal those results, but legal experts suggest success for Trump would be extremely difficult there.
For her part, after the last massive verdict in her favor, Carroll has not discounted the idea of a third lawsuit against the former president. She has indicated that she will listen to her well-respected attorneys and, if they suggest such a filing is warranted, she would go for it.
