BREAKING NEWS: ‘The whole thing is a scam’: Trump blasts E. Jean Carroll verdict in THREE scathing videos and vows to appeal – claiming ‘anti-Trump’ Manhattan is the worst place in the U.S for him to get a fair trial
- A jury in Manhattan on Tuesday found Donald Trump guilty of sexually abusing journalist E. Jean Carroll in a department store in the mid 1990s
- The six men and three women awarded Carroll $5 million in damages for the attack and subsequent defamation
- Trump’s attorney said the former president could not ‘get a fair trial in New York’, while Trump himself issued three videos condemning the verdict
Donald Trump on Tuesday night described his conviction for sexual assault as a ‘scam’ and insisted he was denied a fair trial by a biased Manhattan jury and judge.
The 76-year-old was found guilty of sexually abusing journalist E. Jean Carroll in a New York City department store in the mid 1990s, and defaming her when he said she lied. He was acquitted of rape in the civil trial, but ordered to pay $5 million in damages.
Trump on Tuesday night published a series of three videos on his Truth Social network condemning the verdict and insisting he would appeal.
‘What else can you expect from a Trump-hating, Clinton-appointed judge, who went out of his way to ensure the result of this trial was as negative as it could possible be,’ he asked.
‘Speaking to and in control of a jury from an anti-Trump area, which is probably the worst place in the United States for me to get a fair trial.
‘We’ll be appealing this decision. It’s a disgrace. I don’t even know who this woman is.
‘This was a very unfair trial – that’s all you have to say,’ he said.
‘I have absolutely no idea who this woman is. The verdict is a disgrace: a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time. Absolutely a shame.’
Donald Trump said that the trial, which concluded on Tuesday, was a ‘scam’
