Lawyer Oberta Kaplan claimedTrumpAnother offense was committed in her client's civil defamation trial against the former **.
A New York City jury ordered Friday that Trump must pay Carroll $83.3 million in damages for a statement he issued in 2019 alleging that Carroll lied about the charges against her in the Manhattan department store locker room in the 1990s. This amount includes $7.3 million in compensatory damages, $11 million in reputational repairs, and $65 million in punitive damages. Trump had previously been ordered to pay $5 million in damages to Carroll in another civil defamation trial last year for denying her claims in 2022.
The former ** has long insisted that he is innocent in this case, even after the first jury found him responsible. After the verdict in the second trial, his lawyer, Alina Haba, claimed to ** that Trump's legal team was limited in its ability to conduct its defense, although legal experts and other experts questioned the validity of such claims.
Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social: "Absolutely ridiculous! I completely disagree with both verdicts and will appeal the entire witch hunt directed by Biden against me and the GOP. ”
Kaplan appeared on CNN on Friday to discuss the verdict with host Anderson Cooper, during which she said the former **, who remains the overwhelming favorite for the 2024 Republican nomination, committed perjury during the second trial.
Asked about the witnesses Trump was called to defend himself, Kaplan said the jury needed to be able to trust the witnesses when hearing the testimony of the witnesses, which she did not believe Trump did in this trial, adding that the jury saw him testify perjury in court.
He lied again in the stands. He said again'I stand by everything I said in my testimony, which is that I didn't do anything to Carol, never met her, she was a bad job, never heard of her,'Kaplan said. "So not only did he commit perjury, but the jury itself saw that he committed perjury.
It is unclear from Kaplan's CNN comments whether she intends to file perjury charges against the former **. Under New York State law, the highest degree of perjury is punishable by three to seven years in prison or a fine of up to $5,000.