Donald Trump's lawyers are fighting to overturn a verdict finding him liable for sexual abuse and slander. A U.S. appeals court in New York is scheduled to hear arguments Friday in Trump’s appeal of a jury’s finding that he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll. She says the Republican attacked her in a department store dressing room in 1996.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign event at the Economic Club of New York, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in New York. campaigns for the presidency, his lawyers are fighting to overturn a verdict finding him liable for sexual abuse and slander.
Trump, who has denied attacking Carroll, did not attend the 2023 trial and has expressed regret he was not there.The civil case has both political and financial implications for Trump. Trump, 77, testified less than three minutes at the trial and was not permitted to refute conclusions reached by the May 2023 jury. Still, he wasThe appeal of that trial’s outcome, which Trump labeled “absolutely ridiculous!” immediately afterward, will be heard by the appeals court at a later date.
They also argued that Kaplan wrongly disallowed evidence that Carroll lied during her deposition, and other evidence they say would reveal bias and motives to lie for Carroll and other witnesses against Trump. The verdict, they wrote, was “unjust and erroneous,” resulting from “flawed and prejudicial evidentiary rulings.”
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