Jean Carroll had the last laugh when a Manhattan court found the defendant donald trump sexually abused her and awarded her $5 million in damages.

Niece of Donald Trump mary trump, one of his harshest critics, reflected on the verdict in her Substack post on Sunday.

“This week we have been given responsibility courtesy of the extraordinary E. Jean Carroll,” said Mary Trump. The psychologist paid tribute to Carroll’s legal team, led by Roberta Kaplan.

“It was like watching an aikido master use his opponent’s greatest strengths to make them useful,” she said.

Aikido is a Japanese martial art and self-defense system that aims to turn an attacker’s strength and momentum against himself.

“It seems that the balance may shift after all. Sometimes telling the truth is enough,” she added.

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The niece of the former president compared the outcome of the lawsuit with that of the CNN City Hall with her uncle. Mary Trump called CNN a corrupt company and said City Hall was orchestrated by another “wealthy narcissist” for the benefit of a “man who has nothing of value to commend him.”

“As of Tuesday, I’ve been pondering the juxtaposition of a media outlet that continues to let Donald Trump run wild – devoid of decency and the need to tell the truth, and a justice system that’s kind of small and now utterly earthly.” tremble seems finally to be addressing the urgent need to hold Donald accountable,” she said.

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