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Trump liable for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, judge rules

Trump liable for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, judge rules
Donald Trump made disparaging comments about the writer in 2019. (Image: Getty)
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By James FanelliA federal judge ruled on Wednesday US time that Donald Trump was liable a second time for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, this time over disparaging comments he made in 2019 after she accused him of sexually assaulting her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.US district judge Lewis Kaplan in New York said that a coming trial would be limited to determining how much Trump must pay in damages to Carroll, who brought two lawsuits against him. In the spring, a New York federal jury decided one of the suits, awarding C...

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