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Was hyperbole and protected free speech. the damages awarded by the jury means a judgment against some of the most notorious white nationalists. the damages will go to the plaintiffs who include some of those most severely injured in the car ramming and brawling. >> i think we did a descent job on the defense side cutting the damages down to size even though it is many millions of dollars. >> reporter: this civil trial an effort to financially cripple the white nationalist movement. >> if you commit racial acts plaintiffs will file suit against you in the future and so the trial now is a detou...

>> it sets a precedent, which is if you conspire to commit violent acts, especially on racial grounds, you should expect plaintiffs will file suit against you under these federal and state laws in the future. so the trial in that way is a deterrent against future white supremacist conduct of the kind we saw in charlottesville in august 2017. >> reporter: two attorneys for white nationalists told us after the verdict that they're going to try to get the damage assessments against their clients reduced. this and other similar lawsuits have already succeeded in financially crippling some white su...

Expect that plaintiffs will file suit against you under these federal and state laws in the future. so the trial in that way is a deterrent against future white supremacist conduct of the kind we saw in charlottesville in august 2017. >> the attorneys for defendants, at least two of the attorneys for the defendants have told us a short time ago that they are going to try to reduce the amount of damages, to reduce those dollar amounts assessed to their clients in this case. some of these people, these white supremacists have already been financially crippled by this and other similar lawsuits. ...

Been wanted in the disappearance of gabby petito. the medical examiner saying laundrie took his own life with a gunshot wound to the head. laundrie vanished in september, days after his girlfriend gabby me tino was reported missing. weeks later, his remains were found in a florida nature preserve. of course, many weeks before that, petito had been found dead in wyoming. her death ruled a homicide. zble we turn next here tonight to that major verdict after charlottesville in the shifl trial we've been following. the trial after that deadly unite the right rally in charlottesville in 2017. tonig...

Are having to answer questions and undergo potential loss of funds and all the rest from those who were injured in the occurrences in august 2017. so, they couldn't have picked a worse time. now, at the risk of somebody calling me a snowflake, why say that was a triggering event to send people looking very much like the neo-nazis who passed a few yards that way on my lawn at the university of virginia, they look just like them in the khaki pants. with the tiki torches. bad timing. bad idea. i don't know that it will have a major effect on the campaign. i doubt it, simply because so much it hap...