Trump Appeals $83 Million Verdict in Carroll Defamation Case

Former President Donald Trump has filed an appeal seeking to overturn the verdict and the $83 million judgment against him in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case, in which the former president was sued over statements he made denying her allegations of sexual assault. Trump attorney John Sauer wrote in a notice of appeal filed on May 15 at the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, that the former president is appealing the tens of millions of dollars in compensatory and punitive damages levied against him. President Trump is also appealing all other adverse orders, rulings, and decisions in the case that were included in both the Feb. 8 final judgment and the April 25 memorandum that denied his request for a new trial and rejected his contention that the outcome was tainted by extreme restrictions on his courtroom testimony and erroneous instructions to the jury....