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President Trump connected Friday mislaid his latest effort to get a retrial successful the lawsuit successful which a assemblage recovered him liable for intersexual maltreatment and defamation of the writer E. Jean Carroll.
After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied Mr. Trump's entreaty of the lawsuit successful December, his lawyers — present apical officials astatine the Department of Justice — asked for an en banc review, successful which each the judges connected the tribunal see the case.
That petition was denied Friday. Mr. Trump has antecedently indicated helium would situation the lawsuit each the mode to the Supreme Court. The nation's highest tribunal is present his past anticipation of overturning a unanimous jury's decision that Mr. Trump was liable for $5 cardinal successful damages to Carroll.
Mr. Trump asked for a caller proceedings aft the jury's May 2023 judgement recovered that a preponderance of grounds supported Carroll's assertion that Mr. Trump sexually abused her during a mid-1990s brushwood successful a New York City section store.
A 77-page determination in December rejected complaints Mr. Trump had repeatedly made during and aft the nine-day trial. He claimed the justice who presided implicit the proceedings made a bid of decisions that harmed Mr. Trump's lasting with the jury.
"With his enarthrosis and the full value of his assemblage against her, Mr. Trump held her against the wall, kissed her, pulled down her tights, and stuck his fingers into her vagina — until Ms. Carroll managed to get a genu up and propulsion him backmost disconnected of her," the appeals tribunal wrote successful December, summarizing Carroll's testimony.
The appeals court's December determination recovered that District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan did not err successful allowing the grounds of 2 women who made claims connected the basal of alleged encounters with Trump that bore similarities to Carroll's.
Mr. Trump has denied Carroll's allegations since they archetypal surfaced successful 2019. He has besides appealed a abstracted jury's decision successful January 2024 uncovering him liable for much defamation against Carroll. That entreaty is inactive pending. Combined, the 2 juries awarded Carroll more than $88 million.
Graham Kates is an investigative newsman covering transgression justice, privateness issues and accusation information for CBS News Digital. Contact Graham astatine KatesG@cbsnews.com oregon grahamkates@protonmail.com
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