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And the court has a 5 million dollar settlement for this e. jean carroll case. and e. jean carroll is not alone. there are 25 other accusers. and this is a guy who loves to defame. think of all the people that he would single out during the rallies, from poll workers to peter strzok. so, you could see a world where you are opening a door to endless defamation cases and and luis, you know, i mean -- this sexual assault case was because of this survivors law. but there is certainly -- this is not ...

Overstated. think about this. for the first time, the former president who has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than two dozen women was actually held legally responsible for sexual abuse in civil court. as well one of trumps accusers told the washington post, quote, it vindicates all of us. here is carroll on msnbc earlier this week. >> we did away with the perfect victim concept. the perfect victim always screams. she always goes to the police. she always writes the date in her diary....

The presidents duty. and so the fact that trump is not actually the president at this time does make things easier for plaintiffs. >> renato, lets talk about that appeal being filed by the ex president. carrolls lawyer told msnbc she has really felt more confident about appeal than she felt about this one. she was on to say that trumps lawyers have, quote, no legitimate arguments for appeal. do you agree? do you share that assessment? >> i think she has the right, and i think she should be confi...

Is whether or not the testimony of other women who have been assaulted by the former president could be introduced to trial. in other words, one of the most powerful pieces of evidence was other accusers, who came aboard and said that donald trump then assaulted them. basically, it showed a pattern of activity, an ammo of sorts. i think that was powerful evidence. but the courts are generally reluctant to admit that evidence. you will recall a similar issue on the criminal context of the bill co...

What did you make of his comments, wednesday night specifically on this subject? >> well, interesting. i felt like he could not control himself, right? i mean, the day before he was bound by a court to have defamed this woman. the next day he went on to continue to defame her. i mean, it is expensive. and the court has a 5 million dollar settlement for this e. jean carroll case. and you know, she is not alone. there are 25 other accusers, and this is a guy who loves fame, right? think about all ...

Then or not -- i feel sorry for you, john johnson. >> mister president. >> after that debacle you witnessed a, or caroline hurlers to the new york times that they filed a new defamation suit against the ex president. here attorney, roberta kaplan told the paper quote, the same day, trump took legal action of his own, filing a notice of appeal. stepping baor a moment here, the impact of the e. jean carroll verdict cant be overstated. think about this. for the first time, a former president who ha...

So-called star and some of the interactions with women that he claims stars get away. with lets watch this. >> historically thats true with stars, >> its true with stars that they can grab women? >> if you look over the last million, years thats been largely true. not, always but largely true. unfortunately or fortunately. >> you consider yourself to be a star? >> i think you could say that, yeah. >> he chose, lisa, not to testify in his own defense and open. court but what -- did the jury rely ...

He is the leading candidate. youre not allowed to do that that is an american. so this isnt about rape dickey dumbs, this is about politics and shame on anybody because the rate victims, it is a sad day. >> youve been suggesting, a big part of the defense, of course is that this is about politics. to that point, in the trial you raised concerns of a billionaire who donated to democratic causes paying for some of the accusers, some of the legal fee is and my question for you is, how is that diffe...

Assaulting the woman who brought this complaint against him and she invariably was brave throughout the whole process, and i think since he has mentioned it a couple of times tonight, she mentioned it earlier in the program, and the overriding truth coming out of this is that the courts are evolving in a direction that makes it better and easier for women to try to go after their accusers. i think it is significant in this case that the state of new york opened up at the statute of limitations e...

Politics but are you seeing the behavior that lines up a little bit, one a company that is in that business, the other a jury having such a sizable financial punishment for that kind of conduct? >> well, both of these recent suits give us a chance to take a really close look at this constitutional standard that we have in defamation and give us a chance to think about this really quite new phenomenon of attempting to use defamation law as a tool for battling sort of wider problems of wider socie...