Donald Trump has failed to overturn an $83 million defamation verdict against New York writer E.Jean Carroll, who accused the president of sexually assaulting her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.

In a double blow to the president, a federal appeals court on Monday also rejected Trump’s view that he deserved presidential immunity from the case, saying that he “failed to identify any grounds that would warrant” such a thing.

“The jury’s duly rendered damages awards were reasonable in light of the extraordinary and egregious facts of this case,” a three-judge panel wrote in a unanimous opinion.

Trump has spent more than 18 months fighting the decision, which was handed down in January 2024 after a civil jury found him liable for defaming Carroll over claims that he attacked he

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