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E Jean Carroll considering suing Trump for his remarks during CNN town hall

A combination image of E Jean Carroll (left) and Donald Trump (right).
A New York jury also awarded Carroll $5m in compensatory and punitive damages. Photograph: Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images

Writer E Jean Carroll is considering suing Donald Trump for defamation again after the former US president made disparaging remarks about her during a televised CNN town hall just a day after he was found liable in a civil case for sexually assaulting her.

“Everything’s on the table, obviously, and we have to give serious consideration to it,” Carroll’s lawyer Roberta Kaplan told the New York Times about the prospect of a defamation lawsuit. “We have to weigh the various pros and cons and we’ll come to a decision in the next day or so, probably.”

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