Appeals court upholds verdict finding Trump liable for sexual assault

Published December 30, 2024 10:14am ET



A federal appeals court panel on Monday upheld a jury’s verdict holding President-elect Donald Trump liable for sexually assaulting advice columnist E. Jean Carroll and defaming her, affirming the $5 million judgment against him.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled that Trump failed to show any errors in the trial court’s decisions that would warrant overturning the verdict or granting a new trial. “Mr. Trump has not demonstrated that the district court erred in any of the challenged rulings,” the three-judge panel concluded in its unsigned opinion.

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