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(290,050 posts)Judge Kaplan is going to eff him up
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-damages-trial-begins-e-jean-carroll-defamation-case-former-presi-rcna133677
Jury selection is expected to take a few hours in the morning and will then be followed by opening statements in a damages trial that could result in Trump's being hit with a judgment in the tens of millions of dollars.
Carroll is seeking at least $10 million for the damage Trump caused to her reputation and most likely several times that amount in punitive damages for continuing to publicly call her account of his sexual abuse a "con job" on TV and social media and at his rallies.
Trump has said he plans to testify in his own defense. "Im going to explain I dont know who the hell she is," he told reporters Thursday.
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