Trump fails to overturn E. Jean Carroll's $83 million verdict

A federal appeals court on Monday refused to throw out an $83.3 million jury verdict against U.S. President Donald Trump for damaging the reputation of the writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019 when he denied her rape claim. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected Trump's argument that the January 2024 verdict should be overturned because he deserved presidential immunity from Carroll's lawsuit. "The jury's duly rendered damages awards were reasonable in light of the extraordinary and egregious facts of this case," a three-judge panel wrote in a unanimous opinion.