Federal appeals court won’t rehear Trump’s appeal of E. Jean Carroll’s $83 million jury award
A split panel said Trump raised his immunity arguments too late and left intact an $83 million defamation verdict for E. Jean Carroll.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied President Donald Trump's motion to rehear his appeal of the $83 million defamation judgment against columnist E. Jean Carroll.
- This decision marks the latest turn in a six-year legal battle involving two civil trials, with a previous jury awarding Carroll $5 million for sexual abuse and defamation.
- Trump had argued the Justice Department should have been substituted as a defendant; the appeals court rejected these immunity claims, noting the 2024 Supreme Court decision did not alter its view.
- While three judges dissented, arguing the court should hear the case "en banc," the decision paves the way for Trump to ask the Supreme Court to review the matter.
- Decrying "Liberal Lawfare" and "Witch Hunts," Trump's legal team vowed to appeal, while Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, stated her client is eager for the 2019 case to conclude.
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Judge Who Laid the Groundwork for Trump’s Supreme Court Battle Used to Work for Him
Then-White House lawyer Steven Menashi appears for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The appellate judge whose dissent laid the groundwork for a Supreme Court intervention in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against President Donald Trump worked in the White House in 2019, when Trump made the defamatory comments. It’s an apparent conflict of interest that’s made even more relevant give…
Federal Appeals Court Declines to Reconsider E. Jean Carroll Defamation Case
A federal appeals court said on April 29 it would not grant a special meeting of its judges to hear an appeal by President Donald Trump against a verdict that ordered him to pay $83 million for defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll. The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it would not hold an en banc (on the bench) hearing, in which the entire membership of the court would be expected to participate. This is the latest development in a legal…
Appeals court declines to rehear Trump’s challenge to $83M E Jean Carroll verdict · American Wire News
President Donald Trump can now take his challenge of an $83 million verdict to the U.S. Supreme Court after an appeals court chose not to rehear his case. “In a split vote, a majority of the 12-member 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Trump’s motion for a hearing by the full bench of judges, or an ‘en banc’ hearing,” NBC News reported on the president’s appeal of the verdict in the case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll who was awarded $8…
JUST IN: Appeals Court NIXES Trump’s Request To Rehear E. Jean Carroll Case
A significant legal battle continues as former President Donald Trump seeks to overturn a hefty judgment resulting from a defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. On Wednesday, a federal appeals court ruled against Trump’s request for a full hearing regarding the $83 million judgment, allowing him to escalate his appeal to the Supreme Court. This decision underscores the seriousness of Trump’s legal situation as his team argues for pre…
President Trump Loses Another Appeal in the E. Jean Carroll Case
President Donald Trump lost another appeal in his ongoing battle against paying New York writer E. Jean Carroll an $83.3 million defamation judgment. A federal appeals court based in New York refused Trump’s request to have all of its judges hear his appeal after a panel of three of its judges heard the case and upheld the $83.3 million judgment in September. That tees up a potential appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court by Trump. There was no eviden…
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