Crash Course: Jury finds Trump sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll — orders him to pay $5 million

But the jury found Trump not liable for rape. [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmPf4-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbXppcGp1YTM0by8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXM0NDhwM3QwbWVXA3NwY0IKZFE_eVtkT2g5yVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmPf4-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZzl6czJta2Q2dS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXM0NDhwM3QwbWUmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZFE_eVtkT2g5yVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Jury finds Trump sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll — orders him to pay $5 million The jury reached its verdict after less than three hours of deliberations, finding that Trump sexually abused but did not rape Carroll, according to the Associated Press. The jury awarded Carroll $2 million in damages. The jury also found that Trump defamed the longtime columnist by calling her allegations a "con job," awarding Carroll another $3 million in damages, bringing the total damages to around $5 million. Trump raged over the verdict in an all-caps post on Truth Social. "I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHO THIS WOMAN IS THIS VERDICT IS A DISGRACE - A CONTINUATION OF THE GREATEST WITCH HUNT OF ALL TIME!" [he wrote](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmPf4-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvN3l6MXpzNjFmOS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXM0NDhwM3QwbWVXA3NwY0IKZFE_eVtkT2g5yVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). 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