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A legal expert said Friday that the jury in Donald Trump’s defamation trial wanted to deliver a very clear message when it hit him with a massive amount of damages. The former president was ordered to pay $83.3 million after a civil jury sided with writer E. Jean Carroll as her lawyers described how the former president defamed her. Of that, $65 million was in punitive damages, which are meant to punish the defendant. The substantial amount comes after Carroll had already been awarded damages of $5 million in an earlier defamation and sexual abuse trial last year. Want more breaking political …

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