UPDATE: Writer E. Jean Carroll has been paid a damages amount of $5.63 million as part of her successful lawsuit against Donald Trump, after the president exhausted his appeals.
According to an entry in the docket of federal court in New York, the funds were transmitted to the law firm representing Carroll on Monday.
“The Eagle Has Landed,” Carroll wrote on her Substack page on Tuesday.
A jury awarded Carroll $5 million after ruling that Trump was liable for sexual abuse and defamation. It stemmed from a 1996 incident at a Manhattan department store, where Carroll
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