Trump Goes to Manhattan Federal Court to Challenge $5M Ruling in E. Jean Carroll Lawsuit – One America News Network
OAN Staff James Meyers
11:11 AM – Friday, September 6, 2024
Donald Trump and his lawyers appeared in a Manhattan federal court on Friday, looking to overturn a $5 million jury verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll.
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The 45th president’s motorcade was spotted pulling up outside the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Lower Manhattan as the hearing got underway.
Preparations started several days ago for the 78-year-old, to safely be able to attend the arguments in person.
Trump was found liable in May 2023, of sexually assaulting the “Ask E. Jean” advice columnists in a Bergdorf Goodman fitting room in 1996 and then defaming her in an October 12th, 2022 Truth Social post calling her lawsuit a “hoax.”
Trump has been adamant that he never attacked Carroll. He did not attend the initial trial in 2023.
“Mr. Trump is here today,” Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, told the court during Friday’s hearing. “He was given every opportunity to take the stand and rebut all this evidence. He did not put on a single witness.”
Trump’s lawyers have argued that the jury’s verdict should be tossed because evidence was allowed at trial should have been excluded, while other evidence was excluded that should have been permitted.
Trump attorney Will Scharf stated that the case is invalid due to lack of evidence, no police report filed and the fact that there were no witnesses.
Furthermore, they added that the former president couldn’t get a fair trial in New York.
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