Back to court: Donald Trump in turn attacks E. Jean Carroll for defamation

It’s a legal battle that never ends. On May 9, 2023, Donald Trump was ordered by a New York court to pay the journalist $5 million. E. Jean Carrol, having been found guilty of sexual assault and defamation against her. The jury, consisting of six men and three women, however, dismissed the rape charge.

For the latter fact, Donald Trump decided to take revenge. He filed a libel suit against the journalist on Tuesday, June 27, based on the reporter’s statements to CNN following the verdict in which she claimed that the former US president had indeed violated.

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Endless legal setbacks for Donald Trump

Also, on Tuesday, June 13, E. Jean Carroll also filed a defamation suit again against Donald Trump. It states so $10 million damage.

The day after the trial verdict, Donald Trump spoke to CNN in his own language, calling E. Jean Carroll a “ crazy “, claiming that he has never met her, that he does not know who she is, or that she was doing a” rotten work “. He also denounced a made up story “.

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Donald Trump, who is running again for the US presidential election in 2024, has a long list of legal setbacks. In addition to the legal battle against E. Jean Carroll, he has been denounced twice, for having guarded and concealed confidential documents classified as “secret defense” after his mandate, but also for having, in the midst of the presidential campaign, bought Stormy’s silence Daniels, actress X with whom he had had an extramarital affair.

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