Former President Donald Trump must pay writer E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in damages for repeatedly defaming her, a jury found Friday.

The nine-person jury began deliberations in federal court in New York at 1:40 p.m. ET and reached a verdict in just under three hours.

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        I present to you the only proof that he’s a billionaire: He said so. That’s valid, right? Right? Guys? Anybody?

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          In the instance of the court setting damages, I’m happy to accept the highest valuation Trump has to offer

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        In late stage capitalism, having a billion and owing three billion means you in effect still have a billion.

        It’s not like with normal people who have to subtract debt from assets and actually pay what we owe.

        So yeah, he’s a billionaire in all ways that affect him and will be until he dies, which can’t happen soon enough.

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      Ironically it’s hard to lose things in a solid-gold couch.

      In part because nobody would ever sit on it.