E. Jean Carroll’s Lawyer Says Trump Might Face Another Defamation Lawsuit For Attacking Her Client At A Campaign Rally

Roberta Kaplan, the attorney representing columnist E. Jean Carroll, indicated that Former President Donald Trump could face another defamation lawsuit for attacking her client during a Georgia campaign rally.

On March 8, Trump posted the $91.6 million bond for the $83.3 million civil defamation judgment in favor of Carroll. The higher amount had been required due to interest payments that the former president owed.

This bond was issued by Federal Insurance Company, a division of Chubb, which needed extensive collateral, probably including mostly cast assets.

“I just posted a $91 million bond – $91 million – on a fake story – totally made up story,” the former president said during the rally. “Think of it, 91 million I could say things about what it would cost normally – 91 million – based on false accusations made about me by a woman that I knew nothing about, didn’t know, never heard of. I know nothing about her.”

“She wrote a book she said things and when I denied it, I said, ‘It’s so crazy, it’s false,’ I got sued for defamation, that’s where it starts,” he recalled.

“And this is Democrat operatives,” he then pointed out. “These are all her lawyers, a big Democrat operative. [Judge Kaplan] was a disaster but Democrat operatives funding and directing her, they gave her the money to pursue the case.”

“They changed the law,” Trump claimed. “New York is a very corrupt place, and this is killing New York because companies are leaving ’cause they don’t want to get caught in this bind.”

“They changed the law that allowed – allowed women to go back like unlimited – unlimited,” he stated.

“And she went back and she said, yeah the mid 90s maybe, I don’t know, had no idea when,” Trump admitted. “Nothing – she knew nothing.”

Additionally, Trump referred to Kaplan as a “federal Democrat, Trump-deranged judge” and called him “an angry man.”

“[Kaplan] screamed at my lawyer [Alina Habba] – screamed at her saying we’re going to essentially put you in jail because she was in [a] sense that this could be happening,” the former president mentioned.

“He treated me like a common criminal,” Trump stated in regard to Kaplan. “He’s a terrible person, a terrible judge, and he’s a disgrace to what’s happening in New York.

“Think of it, I just posted because we’re appealing, and in order to appeal, I had to post a $91 million bond,” he told his supporters. “Normally, it would be you could do that, and then later on if you go through an appeal process, which could take a long time.”

“This woman is not a believable person,” he claimed. “The judge knows this but the judge is a – in my opinion – he’s a highly corrupt judge. You had to see the way he treated us in court.”

Kaplan mentioned in a statement that the statute of limitations for defamation, in most jurisdictions, ranges from one to three years.

“As we said after the last jury verdict, we continue to monitor every statement that Donald Trump makes about our client, E. Jean Carroll,” the attorney stated.

Trump followed up his statements at the Georgia rally during an interview on March 11 on CNBC’s Squawk Box, in which he called Carroll “Miss Bergdorf Goodman” and stated that he has “no idea who she is.”

On March 12, Judge Kaplan formally approved the $91.6 million bond.

In January, Judge Arthur Engoron, the judge presiding over Trump’s civil fraud trial, fined Trump $354.8 million, in addition to nearly $100 million in pre-judgment interest, after he determined that the former president illegally increased his net worth to acquire more beneficial loan terms.