Trump loses appeal of Carroll's $5 million award in sex-abuse case - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : "Trump was represented in the appeal by D. John Sauer, his pick for US solicitor general.
45% : The ruling came as Trump prepares to take the presidency in January amid unceasing legal entanglements.
44% : During the trial in 2023, Carroll testified that she had run into Trump at Bergdorf's on Fifth Avenue and he asked her to help him buy a present for a female friend.
40% : "Steven Cheung, Trump's chief campaign spokesperson, who is set to be his White House communications director, said Trump was reelected with an "overwhelming mandate," and he said the American people "demand an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and a swift dismissal of all of the witch hunts, including the Democrat-funded Carroll hoax, which will continue to be appealed.
32% : Carroll's lawyers argued that a large award was necessary to stop Trump from continuing to deride her.
24% : Trump did not testify at the trial but denied wrongdoing and claimed he had never met Carroll.
24% : "The jury of six men and three women found that Trump had sexually abused Carroll but did not find that he raped her.
22% : In 2024, another Manhattan jury ordered Trump to pay Carroll $83.3 million for defaming her in 2019 after she accused him of rape, and continuing to do so in social media posts at news conferences and even during the trial.
18% : The federal jury also found that Trump defamed Carroll when he wrote on Truth Social in 2022 that her case was "a complete con job" and "a Hoax and a lie."
14% : In December, ABC News settled a defamation lawsuit brought by Trump, agreeing to pay $15 million.

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