thanks, ari. thank you. we re tracking these two big legal breaking news stories. we have just learned the controversial new york republican congressman george santos has been indicted by the justice department. that s a federal indictment. we re tracking the story, as you heard nicolle just say in the handoff. this is as breaking as it gets. we don t have exact details, don t have the paper, but we do have reporting that that very controversial member of congress known, if nothing else, for his many lies that he was busted for, is now indicted. indeed, this is a fast moving story because he s expected to appear in court as soon as tomorrow. we re tracking that story as well as the other big legal development a jury finding donald trump liable for sexual abuse and lies the defamation this jury says he found he committed against e. jean carroll. that s a huge story, an important one. we have been covering that trial continuously, and i have two essential experts to lea
thought would create issues for appeal, and we re going to employ them now. obviously very happy that donald trump was not branded a rapist. i didn t think there should be any liability finding, so we ll pursue it. tacopina making reference there. bit of odd language that he s so happy about it, but as we reported, that is true, the one claim that the jury did not side with carroll on. losing all the other claims. tacopina was heard the other week in what they call a side bar about the judge about trump claiming he would come back and confront carroll, and carroll telling the judge, understand what i m dealing with here. he doesn t have his best interest at hand. tacopina represents trump in a criminal case which also relates to allegationed conduct by donald trump he wanted to cover up regarding women, although in
have seen some of it late in the day, the sexual abuse case against donald trump led a new york jury to find trump lyle for sexual abuse and defamation against e. jean carroll. this historic judgment is a reckoning for the former president who s also awaiting a criminal trial in the same area in new york for an unrelated case. this jury unanimously sided with jump s accuser, believing her account, backed by other witnesses, on the key issues of the sexual abuse she alleged and trump s lies about her in response to her allegations. the jury holding donald trump liable for that defamation based on a social media post. another measure of legal accountability at a time where we ve seen increasing calls for tougher legal penalties for among other things the malicious falsehoods and lies that can the used to sometimes demean and endanger people. we ll also tell you, the jury
did not find donald trump liable for his accusation of rape. this new judgment that broke late today and our top story, includes a hefty penalty. it s the kind of daniels judgment that would actually bankrupt most people, about $5 million totalled up. it s a sum that s not likely to impact donald trump financially as much as this new precedent today that he has now been found to be a sexual abuser by a jury of his peers under the civil standard. that s the legal outcome. carroll sought that exact outcome through this process. they did not speak publicly when leaving court with her lawyer. she did release a statement. what does this mean beyond the person who won the case, carroll that s one piece of this but what does it mean for trump or american society? there s no single answer to that large question amidst this
so, this jury which ruled against trump, assessed that. the other accuser allowed to testify was people magazine writer natasha alleging a sexual assault at mar-a-lago. both women had been silent about this until that access hollywood tape came out. form editor-in-chief robby meyers, you can see arriving at the court, and took the stand not as an accuser but to provide her knowledge of carroll s work, testifying she was important to the elle brand because of her column, describing her as an american icon. carroll s attorneys arguing she lost that column in part due to trump s defamatory attacks. theure heard from many other witnesses, most of whom were basically backing up the general story and facts, plus the two with their own allegations against trump.