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A judge says Trump is liable for defaming author E. Jean Carroll in 2nd case, Blinken promises another $1 billion aid during Ukraine visit, and more

E. Jean Carroll beats Donald Trump in court again
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1. Trump liable in 2nd E. Jean Carroll defamation case

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that former President Donald Trump is liable for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019 when, as president, he denied her allegation that he sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said a previous defamation trial related to the same allegations established in May that Trump sexually abused Carroll, so the second trial will "be limited to the issue of damages only." Carroll was awarded $5 million in damages in the first trial after a jury found that Trump defamed her by saying he didn't rape or even know her, and she wasn't his "type." Trump denies wrongdoing and is appealing the first verdict.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.