Former President Trump said Friday he plans to appeal after a jury ordered him to pay $83.3 million for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, who had alleged he sexually assaulted her decades ago.

ā€œAbsolutely ridiculous! I fully disagree with both verdicts, and will be appealing this whole Biden Directed Witch Hunt focused on me and the Republican Party,ā€ Trump wrote on Truth Social. ā€œOur Legal System is out of control, and being used as a Political Weapon.ā€

ā€œThey have taken away all First Amendment Rights,ā€ he added. ā€œTHIS IS NOT AMERICA!ā€

Fridayā€™s ruling by a jury in New York marked the second time Carroll has won damages from Trump at trial, with the new total adding to a $5 million verdict last year finding Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her over a separate comment.

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    [ā€¦] where he is the likely nominee for the Republican Party. He is also facing a total of 91 felony counts across federal charges in Washington, D.C., and Florida and state charges in New York and Georgia.

    Just want to point out this gem of a paragraph out the bottom of the articleā€¦

    Less than a decade ago Iā€™d have laughed if you told me that someone could be currently in trial for best part of 100 felony charges, on top of having already been impeached for attempted insurrection, and still legitimately be a candidate for president of the United States

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      Less than a decade ago? Were you around to vote against Bush Srā€™s backbirth the first term? Were you there when he got judges to grant him his second? ā€œLess than a decadeā€ is a naive breadth of scope in politics, all due respect.

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        Bush Sr. was never indicted. He should have been for Iran-Contra, but he wasnā€™t. Trump has 91 indictments. Thatā€™s how much worse heā€™s been than Bush Sr.

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          Thatā€™s not the point at all, especially since I was referring to Jr. Itā€™s been murderous fucking assclowns for decades, citizen. Generations, even. (Ah, Carter. Sweet olā€™ Jimmy.)

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        Well, with the point of view of someone who actually has their eyes open, Trump will legitimately be the nominee of the Rā€™s.

        Scary proposition.