A federal appeals court docket on Thursday dominated to uphold a jury verdict that decided President Trump was responsible of sexually abusing and defaming author E. Jean Carroll.
The three-judge panel issued a mandate to affirm the earlier district court docket ruling regardless of the president’s makes an attempt to enchantment the ruling that sided with Carroll, who claimed that he sexually abused her at a New York Metropolis division retailer within the mid-Nineteen Nineties.
“Thursday, July tenth, 2025 So lengthy, Outdated Man! The US Courtroom of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, bids thee farewell,” Carroll wrote in a post celebrating the ruling on X.
Nonetheless, Trump might try to submit one other enchantment to be thought of for evaluate earlier than the Supreme Courtroom. He has 90 days to submit a request to the excessive court docket.
A White Home spokesperson described Carroll’s case as “liberal lawfare” in a press release despatched to CNBC.
“The American Persons are supporting President Trump in historic numbers, and so they demand a right away finish to the political weaponization of our justice system and a swift dismissal of all the Witch Hunts, together with the Democrat-funded Carroll Hoaxes, the protection of which the Legal professional Normal has decided is legally required to be taken over by the Division of Justice as a result of Carroll based mostly her false claims on the President’s official acts, together with statements from the White Home,” the spokesperson advised the outlet.
The Hill has reached out to the White Home for remark.