Donald Trump's Partial Victory May Cost Him Politically

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John Priddell: This is the first big legal judgment against Donald Trump, and that's significant in itself. New York now has a law that allows people to bring historic accusations of sexual abuse. And so that was why Eijinkarrel was able to bring both a defamation claim and a sexual assault claim. She wrote about it in a memoir, which she published in 2019.Priddell: Whether his repugnant behavior will cost him politically is still an open question.

A jury unanimously found Donald Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation. We examine his first major legal loss. Thailand’s opposition looks set to prevail in this weekend’s election—whether it ends up in office is another matter. And, Ukraine is blowing up tanks, but not in the way you might think; we explore the battlefield value of inflatable decoys.

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