Donald Trump left the jury “mesmerized” by his weird behavior and questionable odor during his high-profile legal battle against E. Jean Carroll, the journalist dished on the Daily Beast Podcast.

Carroll, 81, vividly recalled Trump’s courtroom antics during the 2024 defamation trial that ended with the jury handing her a resounding victory—to the tune of $83.3 million—after she accused Trump of defaming her by calling her a liar over the sexual assault allegations she made against him.

“I don’t understand how people can be afraid of a fat, elderly man who wears apricot makeup, his hair done up like Tippi Hedren in The Birds, and sits in a courtroom and moans and groans and complains and snorts,” she told host Joanna Coles.

Trump, who was campaigning to become the Republican nominee at t

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