Shawn Crowley, an attorney for E. Jean Carroll, urged a jury to fine Donald Trump enough money so that he would never defame her client again.
During opening remarks in Trump's second defamation trial brought by E. Jean Carroll, Crowley explained how Trump sexually assaulted the writer in 1996. As then-president, Trump denied the claim. He was later found to have defamed Carroll.
"He was President, he used the world's biggest microphone against Ms. Carroll. He told lies. That's already been decided," Crowley said, according to a transcript provided by Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press.
Trump's goal was "to humiliate her and to destroy her reputation," she added, according to Politico reporter Erica Orden. "Everything he said was a lie."
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Crowley noted that Trump has continued to post about Carroll on social media — including during the trial which started Tuesday.
"How much money will it take to make him stop?" Crowley asked. "Because he has not stopped."
"He sat in this courthouse — you saw him — [and] while he was sitting here, he posted more defamatory statements," she added. "More lies about Ms. Carroll & this case. By our last [count], 22 posts just today. Think about that when you consider how much money it will take to get him to stop."
