In a separate case, Trump was also ordered by a jury to pay Carroll more than $80 million in damages for the defamatory statements, though the president-elect’s appeal of that decision is still pending.
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FormerHillaryClintonspokespersonTimHoganandWashingtonExaminerInvestigationseditorSarahBedfordjoined‘MediaBuzz’todiscussthemedia’sreactiontothecase.
AfederalappealscourtonMondayupheldajury’sverdictfindingDonaldTrumpliableforsexuallyabusingthewriterE.JeanCarrollinthe1990s—deliveringablowtothepresident-elect,andleavinghimonthehookforthe$5millionpayoutorderedbythejury.
Athree-judgepanelfortheU.S.CourtofAppealsfortheSecondCircuitsaidMondayinanunsignedopinionthatTrumphadfailedtodemonstrate“thatthedistrictcourterredinanyofthechallengedrulings”and“hasnotcarriedhisburdentoshowthatanyclaimederrororcombinationofclaimederrorsaffectedhissubstantialrightsasrequiredtowarrantanewtrial.”
AfederaljuryorderedformerPresidentDonaldTrumptopayE.JeanCarrollmorethan$83millionindamagesafte
