Trump had asked the court to replace his name, listed as the defendant in the case, with the United States because he made defamatory comments about Carroll within the scope of his first presidency – for which he has some immunity.
A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected the president’s appeal, declining to hear his latest arguments. It comes months after the president unsuccessfully tried to claim he had immunity from litigation as a result of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling.
For years, Trump has been trying to challenge the outcome of two cases that stem from Carroll’s 2019 accusations that Trump lied about assaulting her in a department store during the 1990s. Trump has consistently denied her accusations and accused her of fabricating the allegations.
A spokesperson for Trump’s legal team told The Independent that it planned to appeal the decision.
Writer E. Jean Carroll was awarded $83.3 million by a jury in 2024 who determined President Trump defamed her when he denied sexually abusing her. Now, a request by Donald Trump for a new trial in the case has been tossed
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Writer E. Jean Carroll was awarded $83.3 million by a jury in 2024 who determined President Trump defamed her when he denied sexually abusing her. Now, a request by Donald Trump for a new trial in the case has been tossed (AFP/Getty)
“The American People stand with President Trump in demanding an immediate end to the unlawful, radical weaponization of our justice system, and a swift dismissal of all of the Witch Hunts, including the illegal, Democrat-funded travesty of the Carroll Hoaxes—the defense of which the Attorney General has determined is legally required to be taken over by the Department of Justice because Carroll based her false claims on the President’s official acts,” the spokesperson added.
In 2023, a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse, but not rape, and thus had defamed Carroll. The jury awarded Carroll $5 million.
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