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Donald Trump sits in a New York courtroom with Chris Kise and Alina Habba, two of his attorneys who have reportedly been paid with political action committee funds. Shannon Stapleton-Pool/Getty Images

February 29, 2024

Yes, Trump’s PACs really can pay his legal fees

Richard Briffault, Columbia University

Trump-aligned political action committees have paid lawyers for the former president tens of millions of dollars. Are there any limits on how much, or on what, they can spend?

E. Jean Carroll, center, and her lawyers leave a Manhattan federal courthouse following the conclusion of the civil case against former president Donald Trump on Jan. 26, 2024. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

February 2, 2024

Does Trump actually have to pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll? Not immediately, at least

Jayne Ressler, Brooklyn Law School

Before Donald Trump delivers any amount of monetary damages to E. Jean Carroll, he could engage in a long appeals process.

Judge Lewis Kaplan, right, admonishes Donald Trump and his attorney Alina Habba in court. Elizabeth Williams/AP

January 25, 2024

‘Strife in the courtroom’ − a former federal judge discusses Trump’s second trial for defaming E. Jean Carroll

John E. Jones III, Dickinson College

A retired federal judge sheds light on what’s going on in Judge Lewis Kaplan’s courtroom during the latest trial involving former President Donald Trump.

May 10, 2023

You might think Trump being found liable for sexual abuse and defamation would derail his re-election campaign. But it’s not that simple

Emma Shortis, RMIT University

As always with Trump, there is much more at stake than his individual political fate.

E. Jean Carroll arrives for the first day of her civil trial against former President Donald Trump on April 25, 2023. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

May 9, 2023

Trump found liable for assaulting, defaming E. Jean Carroll – after a trial where he relied on a discredited myth about how women should react to rape

Anne P. DePrince, University of Denver

Trump’s lawyers questioned E. Jean Carroll, a magazine columnist, about why she did not scream or call the police after, she alleged, Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.

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