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CNN Senior Legal Affairs Correspondent Paula Reid and anchor Phil Mattingly were baffled by former President Donald Trump’s decision to show up for jury selection in the defamation trial brought by E. Jean Carroll, the woman a court says he defamed and sexually abused.
Trump showed up at the courthouse Tuesday morning, where a jury will be elected in a trial that will decide how much money Trump will have to pay Carroll — who is seeking $10 million in damages — for defaming her while he was president. That’s on top of the $5 million she was awarded in the first trial she won against Trump, and includes additional damages for statements he made in a CNN town hall.
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