
2023 may as well be the Jurassic era for how long ago it feels now, but cast your minds back to a time when it appeared that Donald Trump‘s many legal problems might sink his candidacy. Prosecutors were coming at him from all angles, and he was eventually found guilty on 34 counts.
The world held its breath in anticipation of a stiff sentence and then… nothing. But now some legal consequences have finally arrived. Sort of. In May 2023 and Jan. 2024, New York City juries found Trump liable in civil court for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in 1996, then found him guilty of defaming her.