A federal appeals court rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a jury verdict ordering him to pay $83.3 million for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. Trump had argued that judgment was both excessive and invalid following a Supreme Court decision that expanded his presidential immunity. The appeals court decision came days after Trump’s lawyers signaled they will soon ask the Supreme Court to overturn a jury verdict in Carroll’s other case against the president. Writer E. Jean Carroll arrives at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where former U.S. President Donald Trump will arrive to ask a federal appeals court to overturn a $5 million jury verdict finding him liable for sexually assaulting and defaming her, who accused Trump of raping her nearly three decades ago, in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 6, 2024. Adam Gray | Reuters
A federal appeals court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump‘s bid to overturn a jury verdict ordering him to pay $83.3 million for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll.
The ruling from a trio of judges on