Trump Trial II: Punitive Damages and Vow to Appeal: From the SDNY Trial to the 2024 Trail

The night before the second Carroll - Trump trial it was colder in Iowa than in New York. Still, the first snow in 700 days drifted down on Worth Street in front of the courthouse, where the NYPD barricades had already been set up. The circus was about to begin. And Kurt Wheelock began to get ready.

Well before the 9:30 am kickoff Trump was at the defense table, whispering with Alina Habba all dressed in white. There was a third lawyer, not in the docket, and Judge Kaplan would soon shut him down. But for now it was a stand-off: E. Jean Carroll with Robbie Kaplan at the front table, E. Jean staring straight ahead, and Trump in his red tie two table behind, looking at the prospective jurors when they came in.

The voir dire was proceeding routinely until Judge Kaplan asked, Does anyone here think the 2020 election was stolen? Yes, said one...

At the end, did Ms. Carroll prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that 1. Ms. Carroll suffered more than nominal damages as a result of Mr. Trump's publication of the June 21 and June 22, 2019 statements? Answer Yes.
Andy (clerk): 7.3 million... 11 million... punitives: $65 million
Judge Kaplan: Any other business?
Ms. Habba: I would just like to thank the court staff Judge
Kaplan: You're welcome on their behalf. Adjourned

Kurt Wheelock, still banned from the UN, was asked to comment on that day's International Court of Justice decision
Kurt mused about how the two proceedings were similar... Kurt would go from the trial to the trail.