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Among other things, he denied a motion from Trump to dismiss the case and set parameters for jury selection. "At this point, I can inform you that we're moving ahead with jury selection on March 25," he told the court. The Week in Cartoons Feb. 12-16 View All 17 Images“There was a tendency to disparage this case as being the least important – it’s just hush money. Trump denies any wrongdoing and has said that the payments to Cohen were simply reimbursements for legal expenses. “I was probably the only one who didn’t see it that way and felt like I was fighting an uphill battle.

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☆ Climate scientist Michael Mann awarded more than $1 million in damages from conservative writers who defamed his work
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( David Goldman | Paradise Afshar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A jury has awarded climate scientist Michael Mann more than $1 million in a defamation lawsuit he brought against a former scholar and a media personality who lampooned Mann’s work. A jury in the Washington, DC, Superior Court civil case awarded Mann $1 million in punitive damages and a dollar from each defendant in compensatory damages. Mann had also sued the National Review and Competitive Enterprise Institute. Mann intends to appeal that 2021 decision, which said the Competitive Enterprise Institute and National Review could not be held liable for defamation, according to multiple reports. However, Mann’s is the latest in a recent string of defamation trial victories for plaintiffs or large settlements – most notably including E. Jean Carrol’s $83.3 million verdict against former President Donald Trump.

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A lawyer for a writer who says Donald Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s and then defamed her while president in 2019 said Saturday that the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape and two women who accused Trump of abuse will not be put before a New York jury considering defamation damages. Trump attended the trial for two of its first three days, only skipping it on Thursday, when he attended the funeral of his mother-in-law in Florida. Both women testified at the trial that ended last May. Trump, 77, has denied her claims in the last week during campaign stops, on social media and at a news conference. However, Kaplan said she does plan to show the jury statements Trump has made since her client finished testifying in the case on Thursday.

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☆ Trump loses bid to delay E. Jean Carroll rape-defame case, but granted expedited appeal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

E. Jean Carroll reacts as she exits the Manhattan Federal Court following the verdict in the civil rape accusation case against former U.S. President Donald Trump, in New York City, May 9, 2023. A federal appeals court on Wednesday denied a bid by Donald Trump to delay a defamation lawsuit by the writer E. Jean Carroll, but granted him an expedited appeal on the question of whether he can claim absolute presidential immunity as a defense. Barring further action by that appeals court or the Supreme Court, the second of Carroll's suits remains scheduled for trial in mid-January in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. In the pending suit headed to trial, Carroll alleges Trump defamed her in 2019 when he, as president, first made statements denying her claim of rape. The DOJ also noted that Trump's allegedly defamatory statements about Carroll continued after he left the White House in January 2021.

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☆ They Review Movies on TikTok, but Don’t Call Them Critics
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Reggie Ugwu | More About Reggie Ugwu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Unlike film departments at major metropolitan newspapers or national magazines, individuals on MovieTok generally don’t aspire to review every noteworthy film. “A lot of us don’t trust critics,” said Lucious, 31. “They watch movies and are just looking for something to critique,” he said. “Fans watch movies looking for entertainment.”MovieTok creators are not the first in the history of film criticism to rebel against their elders. And movie bloggers in the 2000s charged print critics with indifference or hostility to superhero and fantasy films.

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☆ Donald Trump raped E. Jean Carroll even though he was found liable only for 'sexual abuse,' judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A jury found that Donald Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll but not that he raped her. The judge says Trump "raped" Carroll "as many people commonly understand the word 'rape.'" The jury did not, Trump's lawyers trumpeted at the time, find that Trump "raped" Carroll — the central part of her allegations. Caroll's lawsuit alleged that, in the mid-1990s, Trump raped her in the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan. Carroll is taking Trump to court — againIn his opinion upholding the jury verdict, Kaplan took issue with the denials that Trump "raped" Carroll.

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On Wednesday, the judge said Mr. Trump’s out-of-court statements seemed “entirely inappropriate” and suggested Mr. Trump might be trying to influence members of the jury. “I will speak to my client and ask him to refrain from any further posts regarding this case,” Mr. Tacopina said. Mr. Tacopina said the day before that he did not yet know whether Mr. Trump would take the witness stand. Judge Kaplan said that he wanted an answer this week, adding that not knowing was an “imposition” on security and court staff. Ms. Carroll wrote that he pushed her against a dressing room wall, pulled down her tights, opened his pants and then forced himself upon her.

☆ The Oath Keepers promised to defend liberty — and ended up trying to overthrow American democracy
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The Oath Keepers were founded in 2009, pledging to stand up to tyranny. The Oath Keepers, to be sure, are not to be confused with a charming but a little bit problematic ex. A look at the list of 10 orders the Oath Keepers insisted its members — cops and soldiers — would not carry out reveals as much. Thanks to the magic of the Internet Archive, however, we can see just how they were received on the Oath Keepers' website at the time. But there is, in my take, nothing different about the underlying threat that Oath Keepers posed from day one."

☆ Deciziile pe care (nu) le luăm duc la apariţia universurilor paralele
▼ + stars: | 2020-01-02 | by ( ) tvrmoldova.md time to read: +3 min

„Este absolut posibil să existe mai multe lumi în care am luat decizii diferite”, explică fizicianul Sean Carroll. Teoria universurilor paralele este una dintre cele mai intersante din fizică, iar unii ar argumenta că aceasta ar putea fi la fel de interesantă şi relevantă din punct de vedere metafizic. De asemenea, posibilitatea ca Universul nostru să nu fie singular reprezintă un izvor de inspiraţie pentru o multitudine de filme şi seriale science fiction. Bănuim că într-unul dintre aceste universuri paralele a reuşit să şi producă dovezile necesare pentru a susţine teoria universurilor palalele. Legat de acest aspect, Carrol spune că în interpretarea multiple-lumi nu este posibil să interacţionăm cu dublurile noastre sau cu universurile paralele.

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