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Appeals Court Won’t Let Justice Department Step in for Trump in E. Jean Carroll’s $83M Verdict
NEW YORK, JUN 18 – The Second Circuit Court ruled that Trump's defamatory statements were personal, not presidential, denying DOJ's request to defend him and upholding an $83 million damages verdict.
- A federal appeals court on Wednesday denied the Justice Department's request to substitute itself for Donald Trump in E. Jean Carroll's $83 million defamation case.
- The case originated in 2019 after Carroll sued Trump for defamation following his denial of her 1990s sexual assault allegation in a New York department store.
- Carroll won two verdicts: a $5 million judgment in 2023 for sexual abuse liability and an $83.3 million defamation award in early 2024, both upheld by appeals courts despite Trump's ongoing appeals.
- Carroll characterized the court transcripts as exceptionally humorous, drawing a comparison to the satirical wit found in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, and intends to allocate the $83.3 million award to support initiatives that oppose Trump.
- The ruling increases pressure on Trump to pay the judgments once all appeals conclude and underscores persistent legal challenges regarding his defamation liability.
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Donald Trump just hit another legal brick wall—and this one has “Department of Justice is not your cleanup crew” stamped all over it. A federal appeals court has officially denied Trump’s latest attempt to wriggle free of his costly defamation loss to writer E. Jean Carroll. His maneuver? A Hail Mary-style motion invoking the Westfall Act, a law designed to protect federal employees, not shield ex-presidents from civil fallout over personal misc…
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Court denies Trump's bid to delay appeal of $83M judgment in E. Jean Carroll case
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Appeals Court: DOJ Can’t Defend Trump in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Appeal
NEW YORK – In a major legal setback for former President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court has ruled that the Justice Department cannot step in on his behalf in the ongoing appeal of a $83 million defamation judgment linked to E. Jean Carroll. Appeals Court: DOJ Can’t Defend Trump in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Appeal Why This Matters Trump’s legal team had asked the court to allow DOJ lawyers to represent him, arguing that his statements abo…
The ruling says the Justice Department can't represent Trump in E. Jean Carroll's case appeal for $83 million.
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