Overview

• A three-judge 2nd Circuit panel unanimously affirmed the May 2023 $5 million verdict, finding no errors that affected Trump’s substantial rights.
• Trump is pursuing appeal of a January 2024 defamation verdict that imposed an $83.3 million award.
• Two Manhattan juries found he sexually abused Carroll in a 1996 department store incident and defamed her by dismissing her allegations while president.
• Carroll celebrated the decision on social media and said she will direct her damages toward women’s and immigrant rights causes.
• The White House condemned the litigation as “liberal lawfare” and asserted that the Justice Department must defend Trump for official acts