Appeals Court Reveals Decision On Trump’s E. Jean Carroll Ruling

An appeals court on Monday upheld E. Jean Carroll’s $5 million judgment against President Trump.

“We conclude that Mr. Trump has not demonstrated that the district court erred in any of the challenged rulings. Further, he has not carried his burden to show that any claimed error or combination of claimed errors affected his substantial rights as required to warrant a new trial,” judges on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals said in their ruling, NBC News reported.

Trump’s spox Steven Cheung said in a statement: “The American People have re-elected President Trump with an overwhelming mandate, and they demand an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and a swift dismissal of all of the Witch Hunts, including the Democrat-funded Carroll Hoax, which will continue to be appealed.”

A Manhattan jury reached a verdict in the E. Jean Carroll rape/defamation case last May and ordered Trump to pay her $5 million.

In 2019, E. Jean Carroll alleged Donald Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990’s.

Trump has denied the allegations and called E. Jean Carroll a “whack job” who’s “not my type.”

President Trump did not attend the trial and Trump’s lawyers did not call any witnesses to the stand.

The jury decided that E. Jean Carroll did not prove Trump raped her.

However, the jury said E. Jean Carroll proved Trump sexually abused her when he ‘inserted fingers into her vagina.’

In a separate defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll, In January 2024, Trump was ordered to pay $83.3 million in damages to Carroll.

Trump’s efforts to assert immunity over his 2019 statements about E. Jean Carroll were rejected.