E. Jean Carroll defamation case live updates: Carroll expected to request $10M+ in damages

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66% : "100% yes," Trump responded.
66% : "That is my understanding," Habba replied.
65% : On redirect, Trump affirmed he was represented by counsel.
64% : "Yes I did, that's exactly right," Trump responded.
56% : Jurors are expected to begin deliberations today after attorneys for Trump and E. Jean Carroll deliver their closings.
56% : Trump may take the witness stand when the proceedings resume after a break.
51% : Trump then stepped down from the stand, his testimony over after all of three minutes.Jan 25, 2:26 PMJudge provides instructions on scope of testimonyPrior to Trump taking the witness stand, Judge Lewis Kaplan reminded the parties, outside the jury's presence, that a prior trial found "Mr. Trump in fact sexually abused Ms. Carroll by forcibly and without consent inserting his fingers into her vagina" and that "Ms. Carroll did not make up her claim of forcible sexual abuse.
50% : Instead, Trump has sat calmly and listened to the testimony, occasionally conferring quietly with his attorneys.
50% : The jury also saw a portion of Trump's videotaped deposition for Carroll's case that he sat for in October 2022, in which Trump was given a copy of the 2019 New York magazine article that first published Carroll's sexual assault allegation.
49% : "Mr. President, did you ever instruct anyone to hurt Ms. Carroll?""No, I just wanted to defend myself, my family and frankly the presidency," Trump answered.
46% : "The jury also saw the excerpt of the deposition in which Trump was handed an old black-and-white photo of him, his first wife Ivana, Carroll, and her then-husband John Johnson, and temporarily mistook Carroll for his second wife Marla Maples.
45% : Trump is seated at the defense table with his attorneys.
44% : The judge struck everything after the word "no."On cross-examination Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan asked whether this is the first trial with Carroll that Trump has attended.
43% : Carroll's lawyers argued that Trump made 22 defamatory statements last Tuesday, when opening arguments were delivered in the case, and that overall he's made more than 100 defamatory statements, both in and out of court, during the two-week trial.
43% : Trump wrote.
42% : "No," Trump responded.
41% : "That's not my argument," Habba replied.
41% : "Physically, she's not my type," Trump responded.
40% : "Kaplan said the jury would be instructed that, regardless of what Trump says on the witness stand, "he did it.
37% : When Habba asked whether Myers planned to vote for Trump in 2024, Myers answered, "I don't think I have to say what I plan to do.
37% : "Trump watched Myers' testimony from his seat at the defense table.
33% : In a series of other posts, Trump also disparaged Carroll, said she made up her story, and suggested she was a paid political operative.
31% : Trump's attorney, Alina Habba, asked Trump on the witness stand.
29% : "The judge reminded the defense that Trump cannot make any argument "disputing or undermining those determinations."
28% : Once closings conclude and Judge Lewis Kaplan instructs the jury on the law, nine jurors will begin deliberating how much money, if any, Trump should pay in damages for making two defamatory statements about Carroll in 2019.
27% : Jan 26, 8:27 AMCarroll expected to request $10M+ in damagesAfter four days of testimony, attorneys for E. Jean Carroll and Donald Trump are scheduled to deliver their closing arguments this morning.
27% : On cross-examination, defense attorney Alina Habba established that Myers is a registered Democrat who did not vote for Trump in either 2016 or 2020.
24% : "Habba said Trump will also say that he had to respond to the allegation and did not instruct anyone to disparage Carroll.Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, complained that while Habba was giving her proffer, "Mr. Trump said under his breath that he never met her and had never seen her before.
24% : Trump responded, "Yes."The jury also heard Trump in the deposition affirm that he stood by a June 24, 2019, statement in which he said Carroll was "not my type.""You meant she was not your type, physically right?"
22% : Unlike when Trump attended the trial last week, there have been no outbursts from Trump and no sparring with the judge.
20% : Jan 25, 1:31 PMCarroll's friend testifies she was 'very concerned' for herOn cross-examination by Carroll's attorney Shawn Crowley, former television newswoman Carol Martin explained the safety concerns she said she had due to her association with E. Jean Carroll and her lawsuit against Donald Trump.
20% : "Martin testified that "at some point" she became frustrated with what Habba described as Carroll's "celebratory behavior" in connection with her lawsuits against Trump.
18% : "Kaplan said the prior trial also established Trump's statements of denial were defamatory and that Trump "knew they were false, had serious doubts as to the truth of what he said or made those statements with a high degree of awareness that they were probably false.
17% : Last year, in a separate trial, a jury determined that Trump was liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the dressing room of a Manhattan department store in the 1990s, and that he defamed her in a 2022 social media post by calling her allegations "a Hoax and a lie" and saying "This woman is not my type!"Trump has denied all wrongdoing and has said he doesn't know who Carroll is.
17% : "Habba argued, as she did in her opening statement, that people were disparaging Carroll prior to Trump issuing his defamatory denials.
15% : "Trump was overheard saying he was not at the first trial and that he does not "know this woman" as Habba tried to affirm Trump understood the confines of his testimony.
15% : "Martin testified that she did, "on some levels," have concern for her safety and her daughter's safety after Carroll went public in 2019 with her sexual assault accusation against Donald Trump.
15% : Carroll has accused Trump of assaulting her around 1996 but can't pinpoint the year.
14% : After the confusion, Kaplan, in the deposition, asked Trump if the three women he married were his type, and Trump answered, "Yeah."Trump, in the deposition, also conceded that he had no information about Carroll's political party or evidence that she was pursuing a political agenda.
10% : And did he instruct anyone to hurt Carroll?Jan 25, 2:19 PMTrump takes the stand"Defense calls President Donald Trump," attorney Alina Habba said as Trump took the stand in his own defense.
7% : Jan 25, 2:48 PM'This is not America,' Trump mutters as he leaves court"Not America," Donald Trump muttered as he exited the courtroom following his testimony.
4% : The jury also saw an excerpt of a videotaped deposition Trump gave in April 2023 as part of Trump's separate civil fraud lawsuit in which Trump boasted about his wealth, and estimated that the value of his Mar-a-Lago resort is $1.5 billion -- possibly meant to show the jury that Trump can afford a large damage award.
3% : If Trump takes the stand today, he would be banned from using any of those defenses based on a pretrial ruling by Judge Lewis Kaplan which determined that -- because a jury last year already found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and then defaming her -- Trump is barred from arguing that he did not sexually abuse Carroll or that he never met her.

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