Former President Donald Trump has unleashed a new social media barrage against his sexual assault accuser, E. Jean Carroll.
Trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll, a former columnist for Elle magazine, at the conclusion of a civil trial last May. A second defamation trial against Trump by Carroll is set to begin on January 16 after an appeals court denied a last-second attempt to delay it on Wednesday.
Despite Trump’s disparaging social media comments about Carroll being cited as defamation in both suits, the former president unfurled a dizzying array of content focusing on Carroll on Thursday morning, consisting of more than 30 posts to his Truth Social account.
The posts, which were all shared in under an hour, consist largely of old quotes or social media posts from Carroll that were sexual in nature. Trump also shared articles from right-wing news websites that included references to Carroll as “a wackadoodle.”
Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing against Carroll and claims that all of his legal difficulties, which include multiple civil suits and 91 felony criminal charges, are part of a “witch hunt” orchestrated by Democrats.
Alex Wong
Newsweek reached out to Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, for comment via email on Thursday.
The former president was quickly slammed by a number of critics on X, formerly Twitter. Some argued that Trump’s focus on Carroll’s past remarks concerning sex was an attempt to justify alleged rape. Trump has not been convicted of rape, although he was found to be civilly liable for sexual assault in May.
“Misogynistic pig Trump goes on absolutely bizarre and psychopathic posting spree for 20 minutes about E. Jean Carroll,” posted Mike Sington, a former NBCUniversal executive. “It looks like he’s trying to say because she has posted and talked about sex in the past, it’s okay that he raped her.”
Misogynistic pig Trump goes on absolutely bizarre and psychopathic posting spree for 20 minutes about E. Jean Carroll. It looks like he’s trying to say because she has posted and talked about sex in the past, it’s okay that he raped her. pic.twitter.com/dZYwtUs6jg
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) January 4, 2024
“If trump continues to defame E Jean Carroll, she can ask for an injunction – a court order prohibiting Donald from continuing his defamation,” posted Allison Gill, host of the political podcast Mueller, She Wrote. “If an injunction is violated, jail is a remedy, as are additional fines.”
“Trump’s threatening E. Jean Carroll today like he wants the case to go from civil… to criminal,” X user @TheAstuteGaloot wrote.
“The more he attacks @ejeancarroll, the more money he’ll have to pay her,” posted @JoJoFromJerz. “Poor manbaby. He just can’t help himself.”
“Watch out, Donald, because if you think these attacks will intimate @ejeancarroll, you’re sorely mistaken & should think again,” podcast host and activist Victor Shi wrote. “Not only is she watching, but, as she’s shown before, she’s not afraid to sue you for even more for defaming her again. We stand with E. Jean.”
Trump also had his defenders on X, including some who praised the former president for supposedly “exposing” Carroll.
“EXPOSING JEAN CARROLL AS OBSESSED WITH SEX AND PERVERSION,” posted @sxdoc. “Trump Has The Receipts”
“DJT posted messages about E Jean Carroll….the BS case should be dropped immediately!!!” self-proclaimed “Sassy Southern MAGA” @MimiE0417 wrote on X. “A true mental case…we truly are living in a clown world…”
“Truth from the President,” @_Bay17d wrote. “@realDonaldTrump is going hard at creepy weirdo @ejeancarroll this morning.”
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