An attorney for E. Jean Carroll said the lesson from the recent trial with former President Trump was that “lies are gonna catch up to you someday.”
“I believe very strongly after today, that the lesson is that actually, no one’s above the law,” Shawn Crowley said in an interview on MSNBC Friday. “And that your behavior, and your statements, and your threats and your lies are gonna catch up to you someday.”
A jury ordered Trump to pay $83.3 million Friday for defaming Carroll in 2019, when he denied that he sexually assaulted her. The former president said he will appeal the verdict shortly after it was issued.
But if you’re wealthy and have powerful friends, you’re probably not going to face consequences, and if you do, it will take an inordinate amount of time and effort, and you have to be extremely blatant about your transgression. Otherwise you’re gonna be fine.
Remember, this is the guy who said he could kill someone in the middle of 5th avenue and face no consequences. He’s not wrong.