Trump’s $83 million bomb: Explore Trump verdict read live on air

Okay the judge has opened the envelope Alicia he is now reading the verdict question one as I just reviewed with you is did Miss Carol prove by preponderance of the evidence that eing Carol suffered more than nominal damages as a result of Trump's publication of the misstatements or the defamation on June 2st and June 22nd 2019 the four person is a woman I.

Should note there are only two women on this jury and we still don't have an answer I'm waiting to hear what's going on in the courtroom but Katy I'm sorry Alicia and Katie I want to note for you guys as we're waiting remember this jury is anonymous and Kaplan has urge them to be anonymous not only with us as he has.

Implemented procedures to ensure their anonymity but also with each other to not even use their real names so when the for person signs this verdict she will not do that oh I'm sorry we do have a verdict Ean Carol did suffer more than nominal damages as a result of Mr Trump's publication of these two June 2019 statements the first amount for.

Compensatory damages for her emotional pain and anguish is 7.3 million the amount for the compensatory damages for the reputation repair program is $1 million we're now moving on to the questions about whether Trump acted with malice remember the question have to be answered in the affirmative to get to a question of punitive damages we are.

Still waiting for that answer as you wait for those ANS Mr Trump acted with malice I'm sorry Mr Trump acted with malice in making the first of those statements that's the June 21st 2019 statement at 5:17 p.m. in which he denied it for the first time and similarly we are waiting to hear whether and making that yes in June 22nd 2019 he.

Did also act maliciously or out of hatred or ill will in defaming her on that day and here comes the punitive damages am of $65 million Alicia so $65 million in punitives $1 million in the reputation repair program and 7.3 million in reputation I'm sorry in the emotional harm for a total of 83.3 million that's a high8 figure award.

I had predicted we'd be high eight figures or early 100 million certainly less money I think that e Carol's lawyers had hoped but 83.3 million is nothing to sneeze out I also want to point out to our viewers that the New York attorney general in the Civil fraud case across the street is asking for disgorgement of $370 million if they.

Award him I'm sorry if they award the Attorney General $370 million over there and he also has to pay 83.3 million to e and Carol that will wipe out the $400 million in cash that Trump has proclaimed he has and many people doubt he has that much liquidity what Trump is really dreading is a judgment in this case and the AG's case that would wipe.

Out his cash that would force him to liquidate assets to be able to pay both of those judgments that would really put the lie to his proclamations of endless wealth Alisa that total let's talk about it Katie 83.3 million what does that sum say to you it's the punitive damages that speaks the most so we know that Miss.

Carol's expert Professor humph who not only testified and eing Carol's first trial but also testified in the Rudy Giuliani defamation trial that was brought by Ruby Freeman and sheam Moss this expert testified that in order to repair and to basically compensate eing Carol the amount would go anywhere from $7.3 to12 million that's why we heard.

Robbie kin get up in closing arguments on behalf of Ean Carol and say 12 million for both which would have been the 24 that in and of itself means that the jury listened to the expert and a footnote Alicia if I may Donald Trump tried to have his own expert witness testify as to the damages models in this.

Case he was denied by judge copen for a myriad of reasons including the fact that he was too late to the dance to be able to put on an expert which just goes to show how important good lawyering is especially when you have a high stakes defamation trial like this the punitive damages award in the amount of $65 million means that this jury listened to.

The totality of the evidence and said you know what we think that that's an amount of money that is going to basically punish Donald Trump punitive damages we want to punish him we want to deter others from repeating that conduct the biggest open-ended question Alicia that none of us can answer except for the former president of the United.

States is is $65 million imp punitive damages enough for him to stop defaming Ean Carroll

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