Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll case
President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to throw out an $83.3 million defamation judgment the writer E. Jean Carroll won against him.
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President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to throw out an $83.3 million defamation judgment the writer E. Jean Carroll won against him.
A jury concluded in 2023 that Trump should pay Carroll $5 million in damages.
The damages were awarded to Carroll, a writer, by a 2023 jury in a civil sexual abuse and defamation case.
A unanimous federal jury found that a preponderance of evidence supported Carroll's claim that Mr. Trump sexually abused her.
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Sources tell CBS News the Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into a nonprofit with ties to E. Jean Carroll, who accused President Trump of sexually abusing her and won two lawsuits against him. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has more details.
The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into whether author E. Jean Carroll committed perjury in connection with her civil lawsuits against President Trump, sources familiar with the matter said.
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A jury's conclusion that President Trump should pay E. Jean Carroll more than $83 million in damages for defamation was "fair and reasonable," a federal appeals panel ruled.
An appeals court upheld a judgment against President Trump, requiring him to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in damages for defamation.
President Trump has previously indicated he would challenge the E. Jean Carroll case all the way to the Supreme Court.
The court roundly rejected claims by Trump that the judge who presided over the trial erred in a series of decisions.
President-elect Donald Trump has lost a bid to overturn a $5 million dollar verdict against him for sexual abuse and defamation. A federal appeals court upheld the damages awarded to E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room about 30 years ago.
An appeals court on Monday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's bid to overturn a jury's verdict that found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation. The decision stems from a lawsuit by writer E. Jean Carroll and upholds the $5 million award granted to her. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports.
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Attorneys for former President Donald Trump argued that a $5 million judgment finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll should be thrown out.
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