Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens, and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School. He took charge of his family's real-estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded its operations from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan.
The company built or renovated skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump later started various side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. He owned the Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015, and produced and hosted The Apprentice, a reality television show, from 2003 to 2015. Forbes estimates his net worth to be $3.1 billion.
Donald Trump Found Liable for Battery and Defamation in E. Jean Carroll Lawsuit
etonline.comPresident Donald Trump liable for battery and defamation in a civil trial stemming from allegations he raped the writer E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.She was awarded $5 million total in damages.The case stems from allegations by the writer E.
Jean Carroll that he raped her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.The jury, made up of six men and three women, got the case earlier Tuesday and deliberated for less than three hours.During the eight-day trial, attorneys for Carroll pressed a case to the jury laying out how her allegations fit a pattern, or «modus operandi,» for Trump.
In addition to witnesses who said Carroll confided in them after the incident, the jury heard from two other women who described Trump suddenly turning casual confrontations into sexual misconduct.
They also watched the video clip in which Trump could be heard crudely describing grabbing women by their genitals.Attorneys for Trump did not call any witnesses and he did not testify in the trial.
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