Jury starts deliberating in Donald Trump's E Jean Carroll defamation trial
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Later in court, Mr Trump was seen shaking his head and grimacing, as prosecution lawyer Shawn Crowley pointed at Mr Trump and called him a liar, according to the BBC's US partner CBS News.
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Mr Crowley urged the jury to come up with a figure of damages that will "make him stop" attacking his client.
In her closing arguments on Friday, Mr Trump's lawyer Alina Habba argued the jury should award Ms Carroll no damages, saying her arguments have "more holes than Swiss cheese".
She said Mr Trump "should not have to pay" for threats made on Twitter against Ms Carroll, adding: "He does not condone them. He did not direct them."
Ms Carroll's lawyers previously told the court that Mr Trump's statements unleashed a torrent of death threats, rape threats, and online vitriol towards her.
But Ms Habba said Carroll hadn't proved "causation" between Trump's statement and the harassment Ms Carroll received.
Ms Habba added: "There are two versions of E Jean Carroll. The truth, which her friend knew and testified about, and the one who comes to court to get my client's money."
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Before starting her final arguments, Ms Habba tried to introduce social media tweets that were not already in evidence, but the judge would not allow it.
After a fiery back-and-forth, Judge Kaplan said: "Ms Habba, you are on the verge of spending some time in the lock-up, now sit down".
Ms Habba, who has repeatedly traded barbs with the judge during this civil defamation trial, was heard swearing under her breath away from the microphone as she sat down, according to the BBC's US partner CBS News.
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The former president stood up and walked out of the courtroom in the middle of closing arguments earlier.
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