President-elect Donald Trump asked the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a $5 million verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll.
Trump’s lawyers filed the petition to the New York-based appeals court Tuesday, seeking an en banc review, where the full court hears the case rather than a smaller panel. The appeals court upheld the costly judgment against him on Dec. 30.
In May 2023, a New York jury awarded Carroll $5 million after finding…