"Trump's Dramatic Exit and Testimony: The E. Jean Carroll Defamation Trial Recap"

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"Trump's Dramatic Exit and Testimony: The E. Jean Carroll Defamation Trial Recap"
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A New York jury has begun deliberations in the defamation trial brought against Donald Trump by writer E Jean Carroll, who accused him of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s. The jury is deciding how much Mr Trump must pay in damages after he was found to have defamed Ms Carroll for comments he made about her in 2019. Ms Carroll's lawyers are asking for $24m in compensation damages, and the jury also has to decide whether Mr Trump acted maliciously. The trial has seen heated exchanges between the lawyers and the judge, with Mr Trump walking out of court during closing arguments.

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