Between Monday night and Tuesday morning, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC spent 43 minutes and 47 seconds on former President Trump being found liable for sexual abuse in a New York civil suit brought by lefty advice columnist E. Jean Carroll. At one point in those roughly 44 minutes, Carroll let slip that CBS Mornings co-host and Democratic donor Gayle King admitted off-camera she said “hooray” Tuesday when she heard the verdict.
Tsk, tsk to E. Jean as she let slip an answer to a question many wonder: Do liberal journalists openly cheer or high-five when something goes their way?
King greased the skids leading into Carroll’s CBS sit-down (which was one of many she did Wednesday morning):
We’ve been reporting on the historic federal jury decision that Donald Trump is liable for sexually abusing and defaming magazine writer, E. Jean Carroll. The civil jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages yesterday. They deliberated for less than three hours before making their unanimous decisions. Social media, the former President called the verdict a disgrace, and said that he will appeal.
After introducing Carroll and her attorney, Roberta Kaplan, King asked Carroll a fairly normal question to anyone who came out ahead in a court case: “You have never wavered over these years, the jury came back for many people surprisingly fast. What did you think when you heard their decision?”
Carroll then gave away the game: “I had the exact reaction you just had before the camera came on. You said when you heard it, you went, ‘hooray.’ That’s how I felt inside. Every blood vessel in my body jumped up with a complete and utter joy. It was a wonderful feeling.”
King pretended she didn’t blurt that out and moved on: “You know, but they did not find Donald Trump guilty of rape, and I think many people are very confused by that Roberta Kaplan, they awarded her $5 million and said that she had been sexually abused and defamed, but not raped.”
Kaplan obliged in helping King move on from that embarrassment:
So I’m not going to get into the details of New York law, I don’t think it’d be appropriate for morning TV. But suffice it to say — yet, suffice it to say it is sexual abuse, what they did find him guilty of is a very, very serious offense in New York and it is not a little thing. So A, it is that; and B, this was always a defamation case and what they also found is that he lied, and he lied to hurt E. Jean Carroll and everything he said about her was untrue.
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To see the relevant transcript from May 10, click “expand.”
CBS Mornings
May 10, 2023
7:30 a.m. Eastern[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Trump Found Liable in Sex Abuse Case; E. Jean Carroll on Jury Verdict Holding Trump Liable and $5M Reward]
GAYLE KING: We’ve been reporting on the historic federal jury decision that Donald Trump is liable for sexually abusing and defaming magazine writer, E. Jean Carroll. The civil jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages yesterday. They deliberated for less than three hours before making their unanimous decisions. Social media, the former President called the verdict a disgrace, and said that he will appeal. We’re joined now by E. Jean Carroll and her attorney, that’s Roberta Kaplan. We welcome you both to CBS Mornings. Let’s start with you, E. Jean. You have never wavered over these years, the jury came back for many people surprisingly fast. What did you think when you heard their decision?
E. JEAN CARROLL: I had the exact reaction you just had before the camera came on. You said when you heard it, you went, “hooray.” That’s how I felt inside. Every blood vessel in my body jumped up with a complete and utter joy. It was a wonderful feeling.
KING: You know, but they did not find Donald Trump guilty of rape, and I think many people are very confused by that Roberta Kaplan, they awarded her $5 million and said that she had been sexually abused and defamed, but not raped.
ROBERTA KAPLAN: So I’m not going to get into the details of New York law, I don’t think it’d be appropriate for morning TV. But suffice it to say —
KING: It is confusing.
KAPLAN: Yet, suffice it to say it is sexual abuse, what they did find him guilty of is a very, very serious offense in New York and it is not a little thing. So A, it is that; and B, this was always a defamation case —
KING: Mmhmm.
KAPLAN: — and what they also found is that he lied, and he lied to hurt E. Jean Carroll and everything he said about her was untrue.