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☆ How Donald Trump has handled juries so far
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Jeremy Herb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Three months ago, Donald Trump took the stand before a jury of nine in a New York courtroom without his typical bombast or ranting. “The record will reflect that Mr. Trump just rose and walked out of the courtroom,” Judge Lewis Kaplan announced, in case any jurors had missed it. “I mean, our whole case was about the fact that Donald Trump is unable to follow the law, unable to follow the rules. But just having political views about Trump, for or against, won’t be a reason for potential jurors to be dismissed. When Kaplan asked jurors a series of questions individually, Trump turned in his chair to watch each person speak.

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☆ Lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's X against nonprofit CCDH thrown out by judge on free speech grounds
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A federal judge in California dismissed a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's X against the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate, writing in a judgement Monday that the "case is about punishing the Defendants for their speech." X sued the research group in July, accusing it of implementing a "scare campaign" to drive away advertisers. The company also accused CCDH of improperly accessing data from the platform and selectively picking posts to "falsely claim" that X is "overwhelmed with harmful content." CCDH also found that Twitter failed to act on 89% of anti-Jewish hate speech and 97% of anti-Muslim hate speech on the platform. In one instance, X has sued an Israeli web data collection company called Bright Data over its allegedly unauthorized scraping of data from its social media platform.

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☆ Trump's lawyers dance for him when he's in the courtroom. At a criminal trial, that could torpedo his chances of winning.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

And at a criminal trial, causing a ruckus can bring its own consequences. In a criminal trial, Trump, along with his eager-to-please lawyers, must attend every day. he quipped in response to an argument from one of Trump's lawyers. Technically, Trump faces a maximum of four years in prison for each count he's charged with in his criminal case. The criminal trial will give Trump a chance to hold multiple campaign-boosting rallies before the hallway cameras each day.

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Opponents said the law had created confusion about whether teachers could identity themselves as LGBTQ+ or if they even could have rainbow stickers in classrooms. Other states used the Florida law as a template to pass prohibitions on classroom instruction on gender identity or sexual orientation. Under the terms of the settlement, the Florida Board of Education will send instructions to every school district saying the Florida law doesn't prohibit discussing LGBTQ+ people, nor prevent anti-bullying rules on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity or disallow Gay-Straight Alliance groups. It barred instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through the third grade, and it was expanded to all grades last year. In some cases, books dealing with LGBTQ+ topics were removed from classrooms and lines mentioning sexual orientation were excised from school musicals.

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NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney for a longtime advice columnist who won an $83.3 million defamation award against Donald Trump suggested Monday that a new defamation lawsuit was possible against the ex-president after he resumed verbal attacks against her at a weekend rally. “As we said after the last jury verdict, we continue to monitor every statement that Donald Trump makes about our client, E. Jean Carroll,” Kaplan said. Photos You Should See View All 60 Images“This woman is not a believable person,” Trump said Saturday. The trial judge instructed the jury that it was only to determine what damages, if any, Trump owed as a result of his 2019 statements. That jury, in awarding Carroll $5 million, also found that Trump defamed her with statements made in October 2022.

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☆ Trump posts $91.6 million bond as he appeals E. Jean Carroll defamation verdict
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference after attending the E. Jean Carroll second civil trial in New York City on Jan. 17, 2024. Former President Donald Trump on Friday appealed a civil defamation verdict in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll, and posted a $91.6 million bond as he asked to avoid having to pay damages he owes her as he pursues that appeal. The $91.6 million bond he posted is meant to secure that damage award in the event his appeal of January's jury verdict fails. Trump will get the money from the bond back if he wins his appeal. Manhattan federal court Judge Lewis Kaplan, who is not related to Carroll's lawyer, on Thursday denied a request by Trump to delay paying the writer.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jean Carroll, E, Trump, Carroll, defaming, Roberta Kaplan, Robbie, Lewis Kaplan Organizations: U.S, Trump Tower, US Locations: New York City, Manhattan

☆ E. Jean Carroll's lawyers demand Trump ponies up $83.3 million verdict and say he needs to prove he has the money
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

E. Jean Carroll's lawyers demanded Trump pay the $83.3 million defamation verdict against him. Carroll's lawyers say he needs to prove he has the money to pay. After that case, Trump put the funds in a court-controlled account while he appealed the case. Advertisement"In support of his position, he fails to cite a single controlling (or even persuasive) case," Kaplan wrote. "He provides no demonstration that any of these assets are readily collectible and will remain readily collectible throughout the pendency of an appeal," Kaplan wrote.

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☆ Trump is being accused of angrily throwing things — again
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump is being accused of throwing documents in a fit of rage during a deposition. Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson also said Trump has angrily launched items. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementDonald Trump is once again being accused of throwing things in a fit of rage, but this time it's by attorney Roberta Kaplan. According to Kaplan, Trump asked her, "'Well, you're here in Mar-a-Lago.

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☆ E. Jean Carroll lawyer claims Trump once called her a coded version of the C-word after a deposition
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Lawyer Roberta Kaplan said Trump once used a coded version of the C-word profanity against her. The alleged incident took place before Kaplan went on to represent E. Jean Carroll against him. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA lawyer who represented writer E. Jean Carroll against Donald Trump claimed that the former president once used a coded version of the C-word profanity against her. Kaplan told Conway that she initially didn't understand what Trump meant because they were not scheduled to meet the following Tuesday.

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☆ Opinion | Inside Trump’s Not-So-Swift Brain
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It’s easy to imagine what’s going through Donald Trump’s head right now. The thoughts pinballing through Trump’s cortex might be something like this:“I like Taylor Swift. She’s beautiful, just my type, unlike that wack job E. Jean Carroll and her sick lawyer, Roberta Kaplan. “I’ll tell you what: The idea that Taylor Swift is more popular than me is a joke. Oh, what a beautiful day that was.

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☆ How Trump's 'I'm rich!' boasts are coming back to bite him in court
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Laura Italiano | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The day before awarding Carroll $83.3 million in damages — Trump's penance for calling her a lying "whack job" when she told the world he'd sexually assaulted her — jurors heard, firsthand, how rich he was. AdvertisementTrump's "I'm rich" boasts hurt him in both the Carroll verdict and the upcoming fraud trial verdict, Snell said. Punitive damages in defamation cases are supposed to have a deterrent effect, to stop the defamation from happening again. AdvertisementTrump's wealth also illustrates why the jury imposed enormous punitive damages compared to the $18.3 million to compensate Carroll. The Carroll jury also heard Trump boast about the value of his "brand."

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☆ Roberta Kaplan says Trump threw papers across table at Mar-a-Lago deposition because his legal team agreed to feed her lunch
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | Jamie Gangel | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Attorney Roberta Kaplan said former President Donald Trump threw papers across a table and stormed off during a deposition at Mar-a-Lago after learning that his legal team had agreed to provide her lunch. You could really almost see it,” Kaplan told Republican strategist Sarah Longwell and conservative attorney George Conway, a longtime Trump critic. And stormed out of the room,” Kaplan shared, adding that Trump specifically yelled at his lawyer Alina Habba for providing them lunch. He said, ‘I told you, I told them to make you really bad sandwiches, but they can’t help themselves here. E. Jean Carroll and attorney Roberta Kaplan (R) is seen leaving Manhattan Federal Court on January 26, 2024 in New York City.

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☆ Trump's sexual assault on E. Jean Carroll cost him just $2mil. His mouth put him on the hook for nearly $90mil more.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Most of the nearly $100 million Donald Trump owes E. Jean Carroll stems from verbal attacks on her. For the sexual assault, the jury ordered Trump to cough up just over $2 million to the longtime advice columnist. This most recent trial differed from last year's, at which Carroll sued Trump for both the sexual abuse and defamation. AdvertisementE. Jean Carroll with her attorneys Shawn Crowley and Roberta Kaplan following the second trial's jury verdict. Only a massive punitive damages verdict, Carroll's lawyers argued, would get Trump to actually stop.

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☆ E. Jean Carroll's lawyer threatens sanctions against Alina Habba after Trump lawyer pushes false conflict-of-interest story
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Laura Italiano | Jacob Shamsian | Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"During that relatively brief period more than thirty years ago, I do remember the Paul, Weiss partners with whom I worked and none of them are Your Honor." Advertisement"The underlying defamation case tried last year, and the damages trial completed last week, were both litigations in which there were many clashes between Your Honor and defense counsel," Habba wrote. Roberta Kaplan wrote in her Tuesday letter that she has no memory of ever interacting with the judge while he was at Paul, Weiss. Roberta Kaplan also wrote that she may seek sanctions against Habba for the false accusation. Habba is already a member of a long list of Trump lawyers to be sanctioned for pushing false claims in a courtroom.

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☆ E. Jean Carroll’s attorney denies last-ditch claims raised by Trump’s lawyer about ties to judge
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Judge Kaplan and Roberta Kaplan (the two are not related) overlapped for about two years in the early 1990s at the Paul, Weiss firm when he was a senior partner and she was a junior associate. Judge Kaplan left the high-profile firm in 1994 when he was nominated to the Southern District of New York where he’s been a sitting federal judge since. In fact, I remember no direct interaction from that time period with Your Honor at all,” Roberta Kaplan wrote in her letter Tuesday addressing the judge. Their interactions have been limited to E Jean Carroll’s litigation against Trump and one other case he presided over, according to Roberta Kaplan. Carroll’s lawyer also said she wanted to respond to the allegations quickly but reserves her right to seek sanctions against Trump’s attorneys.

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☆ Bench-slapped Trump attorney Alina Habba 'acted more like a lawyer' when the former president wasn't in court, E. Jean Carroll lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

E. Jean Carroll's lawyer said Donald Trump attorney Alina Habba acted more professional when Trump wasn't around. Habba "was much more disciplined" and "acted more like a lawyer," Carroll lawyer Shawn Crowley said. Habba's courtroom antics made headlines during the Carroll defamation trial against Trump. AdvertisementDonald Trump's attorney Alina Habba — whose courtroom antics in the second E. Jean Carroll defamation trial made headlines — "acted more like a lawyer" when the former president wasn't around and buzzing in her ear, Carroll's attorney said. In the same interview, Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan said Habba regularly "yelled" at US District Judge Lewis Kaplan during the trial.

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☆ Trump must still cough up at least $90M in E. Jean Carroll verdict — and soon — even though an appeal means she has to wait for it
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Laura Italiano | Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Donald Trump has to cut a fat check, and his appeal of the E. Jean Carroll verdict won't delay that. While he appeals the verdict, Carroll can't touch that money — but neither can Trump. Here, as an example, is the judgment Kaplan issued after last year's Carroll verdict, the one that ordered he pay $5 million in damages. Last time around, for the $5 million verdict, Trump went with cash. The premium is money Trump would never see again, according to a surety executive who spoke on condition of anonymity.

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☆ E. Jean Carroll lawyer rebuts Trump judge conflict worry, says no basis to toss $83.3 million verdict
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

E. Jean Carroll's lawyer on Tuesday rebutted a claim that she was mentored by the judge who oversaw the rape defamation trial of Donald Trump, and said there is "no basis' to toss the recent $83.3 million verdict against the former president in Carroll's favor. Roberta Kaplan joined the firm in October 1992 and Lewis Kaplan left Paul, Weiss in August 1994 upon his confirmation as judge. Roberta Kaplan also told the judge in a letter that she reserved the right to "seek sanctions" against Habba for making "false and vexatious claims." As in the second trial, Roberta Kaplan represented Carroll and Judge Kaplan presided over the case. "We believe, and will argue on appeal, that the Court was overtly hostile towards defense counsel and President Trump, and displayed preferential treatment towards Plaintiff's counsel," Habba wrote.

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☆ Trump claimed his E. Jean Carroll defamations were the best thing that ever happened to her. Here's how the grotesque tactic met its end.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementE. Jean Carroll surrounded by her defense team after winning an $83 million defamation verdict against Donald Trump. That's because "such benefits are irrelevant as a matter of law," Carroll attorney Joshua Matz wrote to Judge Kaplan. Donald Trump attends the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial in New York with attorney Alina Habba. Carroll attorney Joshua Matz thought not. In her closing arguments, Habba, Trump's lead attorney, argued that Carroll "is a woman who was exuberant and enjoying newfound attention."

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☆ In Trump’s Bitter, Yearslong Brawl with Roberta Kaplan, He Keeps Losing
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Maria Cramer | Kate Christobek | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In October 2022, Roberta Kaplan flew to Donald Trump’s estate, Mar-a-Lago, in Florida, to question him under oath in the defamation lawsuit that her client, the writer E. Jean Carroll, had filed against him after she accused him of sexually assaulting her. “She’s not my type,” Mr. Trump said when he was asked if he raped Ms. Carroll in the mid-1990s in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York. Then he shrugged, looked at Ms. Kaplan and pointed at her. “You wouldn’t be a choice of mine either, to be honest with you,” he said, according to a transcript of the deposition. “I would not, under any circumstances, have any interest in you.

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☆ Jury awards E. Jean Carroll $83 million verdict from Donald Trump defaming her
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewA federal jury has agreed Friday that Donald Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million for defaming her. The unanimous jury verdict in Manhattan comes as Trump remains the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination for a likely rematch with President Joe Biden in November. "We're very happy," Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, told Business Insider soon after the verdict was read. Judge Kaplan forbade Trump or his attorneys from arguing that he didn't sexually assault Carroll. In his jury instructions, Judge Kaplan reminded the nine New Yorkers sitting there that they must accept Trump's sexual assault as an already-established fact.

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In addition to his two losses in the Carroll cases, Trump faces civil penalties in a case in New York, where a judge has already determined that Trump inflated his net worth to win better financing terms. In both the New York and the second Carroll case, Trump has made theatrical appearances and remarks. The Best Cartoons on Donald Trump View All 272 ImagesIn the Carroll case, Trump stormed out of the courtroom during closing arguments and was chastised by the judge for interrupting while his own lawyer, Alina Habba, was speaking. The initial Carroll verdict came as something of a surprise. Haley earlier in the month said she had not "looked at" the Carroll case.

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That verdict is still being appealed, and Trump within minutes of Friday’s verdict declared he will appeal this one as well. Carroll proved to jury she suffered harm from Trump’s defamatory statementsIt didn’t take the jury long to return a verdict against Trump, with deliberations lasting less than three hours. Trump’s attorney argued that Carroll would have received hateful messages when she wrote her story no matter what Trump said. “But President Trump should not have to pay for their threats. “You are on the verge of spending some time in the lock up, now sit down,” he said to Trump’s attorney.

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☆ Donald Trump abruptly walked out of court as E. Jean Carroll's lawyer argued he doesn't respect the jury
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Donald Trump walked out of a Manhattan courtroom in the middle of closing arguments in the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial on Friday. AdvertisementTrump abruptly got up and left as Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, argued in her closing statements that Trump doesn't respect the jury. "He continued to defame Ms. Carroll even as this trial was ongoing," Kaplan told the jury. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jean Carroll, Trump, Roberta Kaplan, Carroll, Kaplan Organizations: Business

Former U.S. President Donald Trump departs for his second civil trial after E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of raping her decades ago, outside a Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., January 26, 2024. "The record will reflect that Mr. Trump just rose and walked out of the courtroom," said Judge Lewis Kaplan. Trump's comments have sparked death threats and vicious emails and tweets directed at Carroll, the lawyer said. "You are not going to use a slide to represent how many tweets there were, you are not using that slide, period," Judge Kaplan said. Carroll's lawyers have complained during the trial about Trump making comments that were audible to jurors while sitting with his attorneys at the defense table.

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