A New York jury has ordered former President# Dona to writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her after# she accused him of sexual assault decades earlier.

AMNA NAWAZ: Carroll's lawyers had asked# the anonymous nine-person jury for heavy## damages against the former president,# pointing to Mr. Trump's continuing## attacks both from the White House as# president and after leaving office.

GEOFF BENNETT: William Brangham is here to# help us make sense of the jury's decision.

So, William, let's break down what the# specific damages are, because the to amount is more than eight times what Ms.# Carroll asked for in her initial lawsuit.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: That's right.

It was a pretty## stunning n And let's break those down,# what they actually are;## $7.3 million was offered for emotiona and $65 million in punitive damages.

That's# what the jury was able to decide on their own.

And let's talk a little bit about each of# those individually.

The emotional harm was## for what E. Jean Carroll said was this torrent# of abuse that she suffered through after the## then-president defamed her.

And she said she# received death threats, a sort of torrent of## online abuse.

She felt unsafe.

She was sleeping# with a gun under her -- in her bed at one point.

So the jury gave her $7 million for# that.

She also said that her career## basically fell off a cliff and that she# stopped getting interviews.

She stopped## going on morning TV.

Only thing anyone ever# wanted to talk to her about was Donald T And with the specter of her out there calling her# a liar and a -- quote -- "whack job," as he did,## they awarded her $11 million for her reputational# repair; $65 million was the punitive damages.## That's what she was offered.

That's what the# jury could basically decide what they -- if## they wanted to punish the former president,# and that's the number that they It is worth remembering she already received# $5 million from her previous civil case,## where the former president was found# liable for sexually abusing her and## defaming her.

So, this is now on top of all that.

GEOFF BENNETT: The $65 million in punitive# damages, that nu What did Ms. Carroll's team argue that the# jury was then led to arrive at that number?

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: That's right.

The punitive damage number really is the one# ha d been arguing that, if you want to stop Donald# Trump from continuing to make these now unfounded## claims about E. Jean Carroll, that money is# the only way that you're going to do that.

We should note the former president has continued# to make these statements about her.

Every time he## talks about this case, he calls her a whack# job.

He says she's a liar.

He says he's never## met her.

He says he never did anything to her.# He says she made this all up to sell a book;## 30, 40 consecutive TRUTH Social posts# earlier this month, he put out about her.

GEOFF BENNETT: In a single day.

WILLIA GEOFF BENNETT: Yes.

Trump's lawyers -- I'm sorry -- Carr former president boasting about his wealth as# a way of sort of priming the jury to remember,## this is a very wealthy man, and maybe# you ought to take advantage of that.

GEOFF BENNETT: And as you# and others have reported,## Mr. Trump didn't help himself in f and walked out of the courtroom during the# closing arguments.

Tell us more about that.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: That's right.

how Trump comported himself in front of# the jury and with this judge and think## he did himself any favors.

I mean, all of the# times that I sat there in the court with him,## he was irascible, huffing, often# speaking loud enough for the jury## to hear so that lawyers and the judge# had to stop and tell him to be quiet.

And, as you said, in the middle of closing today,# the final sort of denouement of a court event,## he got up in the middle of it and walked# and left out -- left the courthouse.

So,## again, it's hard to see that did him any favors.

GEOFF BENNETT: So what comes next, William?

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: The former president has# al and that is certainly his right, and# that's definitely going to happen He posted on TRUTH Social today, we# should say.

This is He said this is -- quote --# "absolutely ridiculous.

I## fully disagree with both verdicts,# and will be appealing this whole## Biden-directed witch-hunt focused# on me and the Republican Party."

Again, it's worth stating again, as we have# before, there is no evidence that this is## connected to the Biden White House at all.

This# was a civil case brought by an individual person,## not a governmental entity, certainly nothing# related to the Biden administration whatsoever.

The president will appeal this.# We will see how that goes.

GEOFF BENNETT: William Brangham, who# is trackin involving the former president, thanks so much.