E. Jean Carroll just won a huge victory in her sexual abuse and defamation case against Trump. She still might not get paid anytime soon.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

83% : "We look forward to uniting our country in the new administration as President Trump makes America great again.
56% : Trump will seek review from the US Supreme Court next, Paradis predicted.
56% : Trump is appealing that case, too, with a process that is running on a separate track.
55% : After that option, Trump could take his appeal to the US Supreme Court.
50% : The Second Circuit judges agreed with Kaplan, ruling that their stories helped establish a pattern of conduct from Trump.
48% : John Sauer, who presented the oral argument before the Second Circuit, was designated by Trump to serve as the Justice Department Solicitor General in his next presidential term.
42% : A spokesperson for Trump told Business Insider the president-elect plans to keep appealing the verdict.
42% : If Trump does not file a further appeal in the next 30 days, the court will automatically transfer that $5.5 million and any further interest directly to Carroll and her attorneys, said Nick Newton, a former president of the National Association of Surety Bond Producers.
38% : Monday's appellate court decision largely focused on whether it was appropriate for US District Judge Lewis Kaplan, the trial judge, to allow certain types of evidence to be seen by the jurors who held Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll.
34% : Monday's decision is for one of two separate civil lawsuits E. Jean Carroll brought against Trump.
32% : A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a verdict finding Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, starting a 30-day clock for her to receive the $5 million jury award, plus interest.
27% : In an exhaustive, 77-page opinion, the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejected all of the legal arguments brought by Trump in seeking to overturn the May 2023 trial verdict.
26% : Trump is also appealing a separate jury verdict for an additional $83.3 million in defamation damages.
22% : Trump would have to explain to the full Second Circuit why the issues are so important, and the three-judge panel's decision is so profoundly wrong that it needs to be overturned.
19% : "A spokesperson for Trump called Carroll's claims a "hoax" and said he would continue to appeal.
14% : Trump's lawyers argued Kaplan should not have shown jurors the "Access Hollywood" tape, where Trump bragged about grabbing women by the genitals.
13% : The second trial took place in January 2024, and concerned additional defamation damages over Trump disparaging Carroll and calling her a liar.
7% : Trump's attorneys had also argued it was inappropriate to allow testimony from Natasha Stoynoff and Jessica Leeds, two other women who had accused Trump of sexual misconduct.

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