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Describing the jurors as from “extremely left-wing jurisdictions,”
Sen. J.D. Vance said Sunday the New York jury verdicts in the E.
Jean Carroll defamation and sexual assault cases against President
Donald Trump had no validity.

A former “Never Trumper,” Vance (R-Ohio) now fully backs the former president, who is originally from New York City. Trump was ordered
to pay $83.3 million in damages to advice columnist Carroll and is
the center of a myriad of cases set to play out this year amid his
2024 campaign.

“This case, like so many legal cases against Donald Trump, they’re
trumped up — they’re in extremely left-wing jurisdictions, or it’s actually the Biden administration prosecuting his chief political
rival,” Vance said to host George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This
Week.”

“George, if you look at all of these cases, the through line, two-
fold. No. 1, they’re funded by Donald Trump’s political opponents,
and the goal here is not to help us actually have a real
conversation about how to advance the country forward. Their goal is
to defeat Trump at the courts because these people know they can’t
defeat him at the ballot box,” he told Stephanopoulos.

Stephanopoulos pressed Vance as to whether he believed any verdicts
by a group of average citizens in New York City could be fair.
“Well, when the cases are funded by left-wing donors and when the
case has absolute left-wing bias all over it, George, absolutely I
think that we should call into question that particular conclusion,”
he said.

The response mirrors that of the former president, who criticized
the verdict in a post to his site Truth Social.

“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. Our Legal System is out of control, and
being used as a Political Weapon. They have taken away all First
Amendment Rights. THIS IS NOT AMERICA!” Trump wrote.

When asked about claims that support for Trump sanctions behavior
like sexual assault and defamation, Vance said that the statement
was unfair to victims.

“I think it’s actually very unfair to the victims of sexual assault,
to say that somehow their lives are being worse by electing Donald
Trump for president, when what he’s trying to do, I think, is
restore prosperity,” Vance said.

“I think most Americans recognize that this is not what we want to
fight the 2024 election over. Let’s fight it over issues,” Vance
said.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/04/new-york-trump-jd-vance-
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