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 In Sexual Assault & Defamation Trial; Ex-POTUS Ordered To Pay $5M In Damages To E. Jean Carroll
deadline.comA federal jury in Manhattan just found Donald Turmp liable today in the civil battery and defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll.
The writer claimed that that the one-time real estate mogul raped her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. While not finding Trump guilty of rape, he jury of six men and three women in the civil case did find him guilty of sexual abuse and defamation.
The jury awarded $2 million to Carroll for battery, and $3 million for defamation. The past and present candidate for the White House had repeatedly mocked, attacked and dismissed Carroll’s claims.
The jurors deliberated for just over 2½ hours. That’s just over an hour longer than the jury instruction received from the judge earlier this week.
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