In a defamation action, a Manhattan jury has mandated that former President Trump must pay an astounding sum of $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll. The ruling delivered on Friday afternoon, which greatly impacts Trump, has provoked a strong and passionate reaction. He resorted to his social media platform to vehemently express his dissatisfaction and announce his plan to appeal.

Carroll, a previous journalist for a magazine, initiated the legal action subsequent to her accusations in 2019 that Trump had sexually assaulted her in a changing room of a department shop during the mid-1990s. Trump has consistently refuted these allegations. Trump responded promptly and without hesitation on Truth Social.

He characterized the jury’s judgment as “absolutely ridiculous,” condemning it as a component of a “Biden Directed Witch Hunt” targeting both him and the Republican Party. Trump vehemently criticized what he interpreted as a politically driven misuse of the legal system, asserting that it had eroded essential First Amendment rights.