Trump was ordered to pay Carroll $88.3 million after being found civilly liable for defaming and sexually abusing her.
Writer E. Jean Carroll has weighed in on President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming return to the White House.
Carroll won two lawsuits against Trump over her claim that he raped her at a New York City department store in the 1990s. He was found liable for defamation and sexual abuse, ordered to pay Carroll a total of $88.3 million. Trump denies Carroll’s claim and has since appealed.
On Wednesday, within hours of the president-elect defeating Vice President Kamala Harris to secure a second term, Carroll expressed disappointment on social media that her warnings about Trump appeared to have little impact on the election’s outcome.
« I tried to tell you », Carroll wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
In the days leading up to the election, Carroll shared posts to X that indicated she was voting « for the candidate who does not assault women » and reminding voters that Trump was ordered to pay her « because a unanimous federal jury found he lied.
