E. Jean Carroll and Roberta Kaplan on Defamatory Trump, and Dexter Filkins on Ron DeSantis
Earlier this month, E Jean Carroll won an unprecedented legal victory: in a civil suit, Donald Trump was found liable for sexual abuse against her in the mid-nineteen-nineties, and for defamation in later accusing her of a hoax. But no sooner was that decision announced than Trump reiterated his defamatory insults against her in a controversial CNN interview. Carroll has now filed an amended complaint, in a separate suit, based on Trump\u2019s continued barrage. But can anything make him stop? \u201cThe one thing he understands is money,\u201d Carroll\u2019s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, tells David Remnick. \u201cAt some point he\u2019ll understand that every time he does it, it\u2019s going to cost him\xa0 a few million dollars. And that may make a difference.\u201d Carroll acknowledges that Trump will keep attacking her to get a laugh\u2014\u201ca lot of people don\u2019t like women,\u201d she says simply\u2014but she is undaunted, telling Remnick, \u201cI hate to be all positive about this, but I think we\u2019ve made a difference, I really do.\u201d\xa0\nPlus, the staff writer Dexter Filkins on Ron DeSantis, who finally announced his Presidential candidacy this week. In 2022, Filkins profiled the Florida governor as his national ambitions were becoming clear. \u201cHe\u2019s very good at staking out a position and pounding the table,\u201d Filkins notes, \u201csaying, \u2018I\u2019m not giving in to the liberals in the Northeast.\u2019 \u201d