Category: E. Jean Carroll

Judge Lets E. Jean Carroll Seek More Damages Against Trump in Defamation Lawsuit

A federal judge on Tuesday approved a request from E. Jean Carroll to amend the first of her two defamation lawsuits against former President Donald Trump to include comments Trump made about her at a recent televised CNN town hall event. Carroll, a former magazine columnist, in late May asked to amend the pending defamation lawsuit,…


Trump Says E. Jean Carroll’s Amended Lawsuit Is ‘Part of Democrats’ Playbook’

Former President Donald Trump responded Tuesday to an amended defamation complaint filed by E. Jean Carroll that asked a court to include compensatory damages for comments he made about her during a televised town hall event earlier this month. Trump’s latest remarks came just hours after lawyers for Carroll, 79, accused Trump, 76, of having…


E. Jean Carroll Seeks $10 Million in Damages Against Trump Over Latest Comments

Writer E. Jean Carroll has sought to amend the first of her two defamation lawsuits against former President Donald Trump after he commented about her in a televised town hall event. Carroll, 79, is now seeking $10 million in compensatory damages and is seeking to hold Trump liable for remarks he made after a grand jury found the…


Citing Tornado Warning, Trump Cancels Iowa Rally, Touts 150 Endorsements and Poll Lead Over DeSantis

Former President Donald Trump announced that a tornado warning forced the cancellation of his Iowa rally at an outdoor venue on Saturday, May 13. Just before 1 p.m. Central Daylight Time, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for many Iowa counties including Polk County, where Trump’s rally was to be held at the…


E. Jean Carroll Considering Suing Trump Again Over CNN Town Hall Comments

Author E. Jean Carroll and the attorneys who helped her win a battery defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump are considering whether they could sue Trump yet again over virtually the same defamation arguments. In 2019, Carroll came forward with claims Trump raped her in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store…


Trump Appeals Verdict in E. Jean Carroll Civil Case

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday appealed a Manhattan jury’s verdict in a civil case that he sexually abused and defamed advice columnist E. Jean Carroll. Trump’s appeal was the latest update in a legal clash between Trump, 76, and Carroll, 79, who accuses Trump of having raped her in a dressing room at the…


McConnell Says Americans Will Decide About Trump’s Verdict in E. Jean Carroll Lawsuit

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on May 10 declined to comment on the verdict by a New York jury that found former President Donald Trump civilly liable for battery and defamation in a lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. “That’s about presidential politics and that will all be settled in the primaries next…


Rep. Ralph Norman Responds to Trump Verdict, Biden Probe, Debt Limit Standoff

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) said he’s disappointed but not surprised by a verdict finding former President Donald Trump liable for defamation after he denied accusations raised by author E. Jean Carroll that he raped her in a New York City department store dressing room at some point between late 1995 and early 1996. On Tuesday,…


Republicans, Democrats React to Verdict Against Trump in E. Jean Carroll Lawsuit

Republicans and Democrats reacted to the May 9 news that a jury found former President Donald Trump liable for sexually assaulting advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, resulting in an award of $5 million in a judgment that could plague the former president as he campaigns for reelection. Trump, who did not attend the trial,…


EXCLUSIVE: Trump Lawyer Says Trump Will Appeal Verdict in E. Jean Carroll Civil Lawsuit

Joseph Tacopina, attorney of former President Donald Trump, told The Epoch Times that the former president is planning to appeal the verdict that found him liable for battery and defamation charges in the E. Jean Carroll trial. It came as a Manhattan grand jury on Tuesday found former President Donald Trump guilty of one count…