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Former President Donald J. Trump has been ordered by a Manhattan federal court jury to pay a total of $83.3 million in damages to E. Jean Carroll for defamatory comments he made about the writer, who accused him of rape in the dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman. Trump, who denied the allegations, utilized more than 40 social media posts on Truth Social, at CNN Town Hall and even during his campaign trail, damaging her reputation and prompting an onslaught of death threats from his supporters. In response to Friday’s verdict, Trump issued a statement denying Carroll’s story and blaming the “Bide…