A jury's conclusion that President Trump should pay writer E. Jean Carroll more than $83 million in damages for defamation was "fair and reasonable," a federal appeals panel ruled Monday.

The decision by the panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit is the latest defeat for Mr. Trump in a case that dates back to 2019, when Carroll first went public with allegations that he sexually assaulted her in a department store decades earlier.

Lawyers for the president argued that he was shielded in the case by presidential immunity, that the trial court made a series of improper decisions and that the damages awarded to Carroll were excessive. The appeals court rejected Mr. Trump in each instance.

Carroll has twice prevailed over Mr. Trump at trial. In 2023, a federal jury in

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