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E. Jean Carroll Just Told Trump He Has ‘One Week To Pay’ Her – Or Else

On Friday morning, writer E. Jean Carroll reminded failed one-term former president Donald Trump that he now has exactly one week to fork over the $83.3 million he owes her as part of a defamation lawsuit she won against him.

Taking to Twitter/X, Carroll wrote, “Trump has one week to pay.”

According to Forbes, Trump’s attorneys are arguing that since he will be appealing the defamation damages, he shouldn’t have to pay the full security bond necessary before his appeal is granted.

The ex-president has asked the court to pause the judgment against him while he files post-trial motions in the case, or else allow Trump to post a “substantially reduced bond”—and while the court quickly rejected his request to immediately pause the judgment while it considers the motion, it still has to issue a lasting ruling.

Attorneys for Carroll noted in a court filing Thursday that the disgraced ex-president is asking the court to “simply trust that he’s very rich” and doesn’t need to post a bond guaranteeing he’ll pay the money, while they have “very serious concerns about Trump’s cash position” and the “feasibility” of him paying what he owes.

In addition to what he owes Carroll, Trump is also on the hook for $454 million in bank and tax fraud penalties assessed by a court as part of a civil case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. That massive fine is accruing hundreds of thousands of dollars in late fees and penalties as the former president attempts to find the cash needed to cover the court’s ruling.

If Trump doesn’t have the cash needed to pay both Carroll and the state of New York, he will likely be forced to start selling properties such as Trump Tower in order to raise money. Those sales eventually could lead to the financial collapse of the Trump Organization.

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E. Jean Carroll Has A Devastating New Description Of Donald Trump That’s Certain To Enrage Him

Speaking with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Monday evening, just days after a massive $83.3 million legal victory over failed former president Donald Trump, writer E. Jean Carroll shared a description of how the ex-head of state looked at the defamation trial that concluded last week in New York.

“He is like a walrus snorting and like a rhino flopping his hands. He is not there. That was the surprising thing to me.”

Carroll admitted that she had been terrified of facing Trump in court, but her fears quickly abated when she took the stand and began testifying.

“Amazingly, I looked out, and he was nothing,” she said. “He was nothing. He was a phantom. It was the people around him who were giving him power. He himself was nothing.”

That moment of clarity, Carroll continued, gave her new insight regarding the Donald.

“We don’t need to be afraid of him. He can be knocked out.”

Others who have observed Trump over the years agreed with Carroll, suggesting that he’s just an impotent coward.

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Donald Trump Elections

This Video Could Wind Up Costing Donald Trump Hundreds Of Millions In Damages

 

Now that a precedent has been established in the state of Georgia as a result of the massive $148 million defamation judgement handed down against Rudy Giuliani for his slagging of election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, it’s fair to ask if a similar fate awaits failed former president Donald Trump, who has also said horrible things about the two women.

As MSNBC’s Ali Velshi noted, “If Giuliani is guilty of defaming two innocent people, knowingly spreading lies at their expense, is the disgraced ex-president as well?”

Velshi explained why Trump should be worried.

“The January 6th Select Committee clearly illustrated the way Trump targeted Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss in the aftermath of the election. This was the crowd in Valdosta, Georgia, at a Trump rally on December the 5th, 2020. Remember, this was after the election. What they’re doing is watching the video incorrectly purporting to show Moss and Freeman engaged in election fraud, and after that, this is what Trump said.”

Velshi then played a video clip of Trump declaring, “So, if you just take the crime of what those Democrat workers were doing — by the way, there was no water main break,” said Trump in the clip. “You know, they said there was no water main break. That’s ten times more than I need to win this state, ten times more. It is ten times, maybe more than that, but it is ten times more because we lost by a very close number.”

“Beyond the scope of civil litigation, what sort of overlap exists between the Giuliani ruling and Trump’s criminal case in Fulton County, Georgia?” Velshi added. “Trump mentioned Ruby Freeman 18 times on that infamous ‘Find me 11,000 votes’ call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, after all. What is next?”

What is next? Probably a massive lawsuit filed by Freeman and Moss against Trump. As if he doesn’t already have enough legal headaches.

Here’s the video from MSNBC:

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E. Jean Carroll’s Attorney Has A Warning For Trump That’s Certain To Infuriate Him

Ever since a New York jury found that failed one-term, twice-impeached former president Donald Trump did indeed sexually assault and defame writer E. Jean Carroll and awarded her $5 million in damages, the disgraced ex-head of state has been lashing out on social media, and that could wind up leading to him being charged with defamation yet again.

Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, spoke with Dahlia Lithwick of Slate, and she made it clear that Trump had best shut his trap and stop making inflammatory postings.

Lithwick asked Kaplan about Trump’s disgusting comments during his CNN town hall, where he called Carroll a “wack job,” said the trial had been a “rigged deal,” and asked the studio audience, “What kind of a woman meets somebody, and brings them up, and within minutes you’re playing hanky panky in a dressing room?”

Kaplan replied, “I knew he would continue to deny it. But once the jury came back and the CNN Town Hall was on, we knew they were going to ask about it. And we knew he wasn’t going to say, ‘OK, now I admit it, I was wrong.”

She added:

“I’m so sorry E. Jean, that I did that to you. We knew that wasn’t gonna happen. I think I was a little stunned that he used exactly the same language. He basically repeated the defamation in ways that make it very easy for us to not have to prove a future case on the merits, because we’re gonna get what’s called collateral estoppel or issue preclusion. So that wasn’t maybe wisest thing for him to do.”

“I’m watching to see if he keeps doing it, though. I mean, I think the threat of [losing] more and more money may ultimately tone down what he says at some point,” Kaplan explained.

Though he’s clearly ignorant when it comes to the law, Kaplan noted, he understands what it means to be on the hook for a $5 million judgment.

“I think he understands money. One thing Donald Trump understands is money, and $5 million for Donald Trump is not nothing. And there’s really no viable appellate argument. So he’s going to have to pay that $5 million with interest sooner than he thinks he’s gonna have to pay it. He’ll have to pay interest from the time of the judgment. Yeah. That’s 9 percent … I’m not even sure he’s got $5 million in liquidity. He may have to sell something to pay you the $5 million.”

 

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Trump May Face Another Lawsuit From E. Jean Carroll For Comments At CNN Town Hall

Indicted sex offender and former president Donald Trump is facing yet another massive lawsuit as a result of remarks he made Wednesday evening during a CNN town hall.

Asked about the unanimous verdict from a New York jury that determined Trump had indeed sexually assaulted and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll, the disgraced ex-president said the accusation of rape made by Carroll was “fake” and a “made-up story.”

Asked about Trump’s comments at the town hall, Carroll remarked, “It’s just stupid, it’s just disgusting, vile, foul, it wounds people,” according to The New York Times.

“I am upset on the behalf of young men in America,” Carroll added. “They cannot listen to this balderdash and this old-timey view of women, which is a cave-man view.”

Will Carroll file another lawsuit against the failed one-term, twice-impeached former president? She says she’s considering doing exactly that and is in consultation with her attorneys.

On Tuesday, Trump was ordered to pay $5 million for abusing and defaming Carroll after she accused him of raping her in the dressing room of a New York department store during the 1990s. Trump didn’t testify, and the jury heard comments he made in the past about grabbing women “by the pussy” as well as testimony from other victims who allege the ex-president sexually assaulted them.

During the Wednesday evening town hall, Trump also spewed lies and vitriol about the 2020 election which he continues to insist was stolen from him, though he has yet to presented one iota of evidence to support his allegations.

Trump is also facing serious legal issues in Georgia and from Special Counsel Jack Smith.