Donald Trump's first response after E Jean Carroll intercourse abuse verdict: ‘Shame’ | World News

Former US President Donald Trump slammed a New York jury that dominated he was accountable for sexual abuse and defamation in opposition to a former journal author . Jean Carroll. Insisting that he continues to be a topic of a witch hunt, Donald Trump referred to as the decision a “shame”.

"This verdict is a shame -- a continuation of the best witch hunt of all time," the previous US president, utilizing all capital letters, posted on his Fact Social media platform.

"I've completely no thought who this girl is," he added in reference to E. Jean Carroll. The jury ordered Donald Trump to pay $5 million in damages to the previous columnist. E. Jean Carroll accused Donald Trump of raping her within the dressing room of a Fifth Avenue division retailer within the Nineteen Nineties after which defaming her by calling her a liar. He was discovered accountable for sexual abuse fairly than rape, the jury famous.

This marks the primary verdict in opposition to Donald Trump personally in a string of authorized instances that threaten his 2024 presidential marketing campaign. Although, Donald Trump isn't on the threat of imprisonment because the case is civil fairly than felony.

Carroll, a former recommendation columnist for Elle journal has additionally hosted a every day discuss present. In 2019, she alleged that Donald Trump raped her greater than 20 years earlier in a sixth-floor dressing room of the Bergdorf Goodman division retailer on Fifth Avenue. The previous president says he has by no means assaulted anybody.