Author E. Jean Carroll arrives on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Courtroom of Appeals, the place former U.S. President Donald Trump will arrive to ask a federal appeals court docket to overturn a $5 million jury verdict discovering him chargeable for sexually assaulting and defaming her, who accused Trump of raping her practically three a long time in the past, in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 6, 2024.
Adam Grey | Reuters
A federal appeals court docket on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a jury verdict ordering him to pay $83.3 million for defaming author E. Jean Carroll.
The choice from a trio of judges on the U.S. Courtroom of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld that verdict, which Trump argued was each extreme and invalid following a Supreme Courtroom resolution that expanded his presidential immunity.
However the appellate judges held that Trump “has didn’t establish any grounds that will warrant reconsidering our prior holding on presidential immunity.”
In addition they dominated {that a} decrease federal court docket “didn’t err in any of the challenged rulings and that the jury’s damages awards are truthful and cheap.”
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