Appeals court upholds $83.3M defamation judgment against Trump in Carroll...

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld an $83.3 million defamation judgment against President Donald Trump, rejecting his claims of presidential immunity.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a jury’s verdict, which awarded writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million after finding Trump acted with “common law malice” when he denied sexually assaulting her in the 1990s and accused her of fabricating her allegations for political and financial gain. Carroll, a longtime advice columnist for Elle, alleged that Trump assaulted her in a Manhattan department store dressing room in 1996. A separate jury last year found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her in 2022, awarding her $5 million in damages, a decision the appeals court also upheldThis is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.