Former federal prosecutor Temidayo Aganga-Williams advanced how the jury in former President Donald Trump's libel trial against E. Jean Carroll in New York could punish him financially on MSNBC Friday.
Carroll's lawyers have sought roughly $12 million in compensatory damages from Trump to repair the damage to his reputation and high punitive deterrent damages, The Wall Street Journal reported. Aganga-Williams explained how much freedom the jury has to decide what the punitive damages will be and predicted that it will be a substantial amount in “José Díaz-Balart Reports.”
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“The punitive damages, that's really the number we're interested in here because it's about punishing the former president. It's about the jury teaching him a lesson, saying 'How much money would it take for you to stop doing this?'” Aganga-Williams said. “What's important to know is that at law, punitive damages are not the norm in cases. … You need something — some kind of behavior, some kind of bad intent to do something egregious here.”
“I think the fact that we're likely to see a high number of punitive damages will reflect that the jury is saying that…” You weren't just attacking her or committing a crime against her, you did something so bad that you have to do a high number that will hurt your pocket that you will not do it again'”, he added.
Trump's testimony about his immense wealth could also lead to the jury getting a higher number to convict him, Aganga-Williams said.
“This jury has a big question: 'Are you going to $10, $20, $30, $40, $50, $60 million?' And they can all have disagreements there. So, frankly, I would bet by the end of Monday that we have a decision for sure, maybe by the end of today,” Aganga-Williams said.
“On the punitive front, there has to be some reasonableness,” he explained. “And what I'm hoping to see, if they come back with a number that's really astronomical, the judge might reduce it to make it more tied to what he sees the facts are, but they have a lot of leeway to decide what the number is going to be. “
Judge Lewis Kaplan recently threatened remove Trump from the room if he persisted in being “disturbing”, seconds on CNN. trump he stormed leave the courtroom during closing arguments Friday.
a jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages in May after the author accused Trump of sexual assault, rape and defamation. The jury found Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation, but not for rape.
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