Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to challenge $5 million E. Jean Carroll judgment

A federal appeals court has declined to rehear President Trump’s challenge to a $5 million civil judgment for battery and defamation against E. Jean Carroll, affirming the jury’s 2023 verdict that found Trump liable for assaulting Carroll in the 1990s and later defaming her. Carroll’s attorney expressed satisfaction with the decision, emphasizing that Trump’s attempts to contest the findings have failed, while he is also appealing a separate $83 million defamation award to her.

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