The celebrations continued for E Jean Carroll as MSNBC’s Molly Jong-Fast threw a celebrity party in her honor after her whopping $83.3 million defamation victory over Donald Trump.

The former Elle columnist was hailed as an ‘icon’ by a host of media power brokers at the exclusive Flower Shop bar in New York’s Lower-East Side.

Jong-Fast’s MSNBC colleague Lawrence O’Donnell was among those paying tribute alongside former Saturday Night Live producer Marci Klein, New York Times opinion writer Lydia Polgreen and Sarah Ellison of the Washington Post.

‘She seemed delighted and vindicated. She was in awe and victorious,’ one guest reported.

‘She looked like a hero. It’s great to see women winning the day,’ added another.

E. Jean Carroll seen here leaving court with her lawyers is still celebrating after Friday's $83.3 million defamation award against Donald Trump

E. Jean Carroll seen here leaving court with her lawyers is still celebrating after Friday's $83.3 million defamation award against Donald Trump

E. Jean Carroll seen here leaving court with her lawyers is still celebrating after Friday’s $83.3 million defamation award against Donald Trump 

MSNBC's Lawrence O’Donnell was among the guests

MSNBC's Lawrence O’Donnell was among the guests

MSNBC's Molly Jong-Fast was the co-host

MSNBC's Molly Jong-Fast was the co-host

MSNBC stalwarts Lawrence O’Donnell and Molly Jong-Fast helped Jean Carroll celebrate at a party in New York’s Flower Shop bar on Tuesday

The former president has begun recruiting new lawyers and insisted he will appeal against Friday's award which he branded 'absolutely ridiculous'

The former president has begun recruiting new lawyers and insisted he will appeal against Friday's award which he branded 'absolutely ridiculous'

The former president has begun recruiting new lawyers and insisted he will appeal against Friday’s award which he branded ‘absolutely ridiculous’

Jean Carroll, 80, has pledged to spend the money on whatever ‘Donald Trump hates’, but it came as the former president began interviewing lawyers to take on his appeal.

The head-spinning sum was more than three times what her own lawyers had asked for after a jury in a Manhattan courthouse agreed that Trump had defamed her by denying he sexually assaulted her in 1996.

As he headed off for the party O’Donnell claimed that Trump could be ‘on his way to bankruptcy’, with further civil suits over January 6 and his New York fraud trial potentially costing him $1 billion.

‘That could be the smallest debt Donald Trump owes, and just the beginning of Donald Trump’s collapse into bankruptcy,’ he told viewers.

Jong-Fast‘s appointment as a MSNBC Political Analyst was confirmed yesterday. The daughter of famed feminist author Erica Jong, she helped introduce Jean Carroll to her legal team and described the award as ‘gratifying’, claiming the former president should have been ‘kicked back into the gutters of reality television’ rather than winning the White House.

Jean Carroll told ABC’s Good Morning America on Sunday that she plans to spend the money on ‘something Donald Trump hates’.

‘If it’ll cause him pain for me to give money to certain things, that’s my intent,’ she added suggesting she would create a ‘fund for the women who have been sexually assaulted by Donald Trump’.

Lydia Polgreen of the New York Times

Lydia Polgreen of the New York Times

Former Saturday Night Live producer Marci Klein

Former Saturday Night Live producer Marci Klein

Lydia Polgreen of the New York Times and former Saturday Night Live producer Marci Klein were among the guests

Former ABC White House correspondent Tara Palmeri was also among the guests

Former ABC White House correspondent Tara Palmeri was also among the guests

Former ABC White House correspondent Tara Palmeri was also among the guests 

The upmarket bar in New York's Lower East Side is a popular spot for celebrity parties

The upmarket bar in New York's Lower East Side is a popular spot for celebrity parties

'‘She seemed delighted and vindicated' one guest reported

'‘She seemed delighted and vindicated' one guest reported

The upmarket bar in New York’s Lower East Side is a popular spot for celebrity parties 

On Monday she said she would go shopping with Rachel Maddow for ‘completely new wardrobes, new shoes’, asking the MSNBC host if she wanted a ‘penthouse’.

Also at Tuesday’s party were Puck columnist Tara Palmeri, Studio 360 podcast host Kurt Andersen, and Rolling Stone editor-in-chief Noah Shachtman.

His appearance came hours after the magazine ran a story claiming that Trump did not care if Taylor Swift endorsed Joe Biden for president as he believes he is ‘more popular’ than she is.

Donald Trump's defense attorney Alina Habba may be looking for a new job after the ex-president began appealing for law firms to lead his appeal

Donald Trump's defense attorney Alina Habba may be looking for a new job after the ex-president began appealing for law firms to lead his appeal

Donald Trump’s defense attorney Alina Habba may be looking for a new job after the ex-president began appealing for law firms to lead his appeal

One guest suggested Carroll could ‘buy the bar’, but the event has prompted a growing backlash on social media with many warning her celebrations are premature.

‘She’ll never see a dime and ultimately pay court costs once the appeal hits a non-kangaroo NYC court,’ wrote Anthony Giaquinto.

Watching MSNBC gloat over this it’s never been more clear,’ added Carole.

‘These people are sick. They are bullies without any personal power, clinging to their job as puppets.

‘There’s nothing like one who gloats loudly and too soon,’ wrote Don A.

‘Carroll may someday regret this rather premature celebration.’

Trump has described Friday’s multi-million dollar award ‘absolutely ridiculous’.

‘They have taken away all First Amendment Rights,’ he wrote on Truth Social, ‘THIS IS NOT AMERICA!’

‘I am in the process, along with my team, of interviewing various law firms to represent me in an Appeal of one of the most ridiculous and unfair Witch Hunts our Country has ever seen,’ he wrote yesterday.

‘The defamation Sham presided over by a Clinton appointed, highly partisan, Trump Hating Judge, Lewis Kaplan, who was, together with certain other Radical Left Democrat Judges, one of the most partisan and out of control activists that I have ever appeared before.’

Studio 360 podcast host Kurt Andersen (left) once dubbed the president a 'short-fingered vulgarian'

Studio 360 podcast host Kurt Andersen (left) once dubbed the president a 'short-fingered vulgarian'

Noah Shachtman (right) is editor-in-chief of the liberal Rolling Stone magazine

Noah Shachtman (right) is editor-in-chief of the liberal Rolling Stone magazine

Studio 360 podcast host Kurt Andersen (left) once dubbed the president a ‘short-fingered vulgarian’ while Noah Shachtman (right) is editor-in-chief of the liberal Rolling Stone magazine

'Rachel, what do you want? Penthouse? It's yours Rachel!' Carroll told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow when she appeared on her show on Monday

'Rachel, what do you want? Penthouse? It's yours Rachel!' Carroll told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow when she appeared on her show on Monday

‘Rachel, what do you want? Penthouse? It’s yours Rachel!’ Carroll told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow when she appeared on her show on Monday 

But he suffered a set-back when attorney Alina Habba, who represented him during the case, withdrew one of her key grounds for an appeal.

She had described the fact that judge Lewis Kaplan had worked at the same law firm in the early 1990s as Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan, no relation, as an ‘insane conflict of interest’.

But she folded after Roberta Kaplan hit back, rejecting the claim and threatening professional sanctions against her for creating ‘a false narrative of judicial bias’.

‘Since Ms. Kaplan has now denied that there was ever a mentor-mentee relationship between herself and Your Honor, this issue has seemingly been resolved,’ Habba wrote to the judge.’

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