Trump asks appeals court to revisit $5 million E. Jean Carroll verdict

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.

E. Jean Carroll leaves Federal court, Friday, Jan 26, 2024, in New York. The federal judge who presided over the jury trial that resulted in an $83 million award to Carroll for her defamation claims against former President Donald Trump said Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, that his rejection of his lawyer’s unusual midtrial mistrial request was not a close call. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

In May 2023, a New York jury awarded Carroll $5 million after finding…

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