'Severely damages the presidency': Trump lawyer urges appeals court to 'reverse' E. Jean Carroll verdict [View all]

Source: Law & Crime

Jun 24th, 2025, 11:57 am


After failed attempts on at least two fronts to complicate or delay oral arguments, President Donald Trump's lawyers returned to federal court on Tuesday to once again appeal the $83 million defamation judgment that longtime advice columnist E. Jean Carroll won at the start of 2024.

Presiding for the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals were Senior U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin, a Barack Obama appointee, and U.S. Circuit Judges Sarah Merriam and Maria Araújo Kahn, both Joe Biden appointees.

Following an en banc rehearing denial in Trump's appeal of a $5 million civil jury verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll, and following the 2nd Circuit panel's refusal to substitute the DOJ for Trump as defendant-appellant in the defamation case we now discuss, the panel also declined the president's request to push back scheduled oral arguments.

That denial swiftly brought forth the Tuesday morning proceedings, during which Trump attorney Justin Smith began by calling the Carroll verdict a "miscarriage of justice" and one that "severely damages the presidency."

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-appeal-of-e-jean-carroll-verdict-returns-to-court-for-oral-argument/