A civil trial is a financially binding popularity contest but it is not a criminal trial with a resulting prison sentence. A jury pool of democrats decided that a multi-billionaire could easily afford to pay a KNOWN to be crazy person and proven liar a few million dollars just for the hell of it . . . and the rest is history.
Youngsters used to be taught these basic things about the U.S. 'justice' system in public schools and colleges before leftists took almost exclusive control of them.