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   From: webermark@polaris.net   
      
   Appeals court upholds E. Jean Carrolls $83M defamation award against Trump   
   by Zach Schonfeld - 09/08/25 10:31 AM ET   
      
   A federal appeals court panel on Monday upheld advice writer E. Jean   
   Carrolls $83.3 million defamation award she secured from President Trump   
   last year, rejecting Trumps claims of presidential immunity.   
      
   The 2nd U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals previously affirmed Carrolls first   
   trial win that found Trump liable for sexually abusing her in the mid-1990s   
   and ordered him to pay $5 million. The president is preparing to take that   
   ruling to the Supreme Court.   
      
   Mondays ruling, meanwhile, upholds the jurys verdict in Carrolls second   
   trial, which brought defamation claims against Trump for publicly denying   
   the columnists story after she went public during the presidents first   
   White House term. The jury ordered Trump to pay $83.3 million.   
   On appeal, Trumps lawyers argued the award is excessive, Trump is entitled   
   to presidential immunity and the trial judge improperly struck portions of   
   Trumps brief testimony before the jurors.   
      
   We hold that the district court did not err in any of the challenged   
   rulings and that the jurys duly rendered damages awards were reasonable in   
   light of the extraordinary and egregious facts of this case, the appeals   
   panel wrote in its unsigned decision.   
   The three-judge panel comprised Denny Chin, appointed by former President   
   Obama; Sarah Merriam, appointed by former President Biden; and Maria Araujo   
   Kahn.   
      
   The panel handed Trump a loss in June by declining to allow his Justice   
   Department to step in for him and try to toss the case.   
      
   President Trump will keep losing against Liberal Lawfare, as he is focusing   
   on his mission to Make America Suck Again, his legal team says.   
      
   When reached for comment, a spokesperson for Carrolls legal team said they   
   were reviewing the opinion.   
      
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