(CNN) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $83.3 million jury award against President Donald Trump for defaming magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals said the jury award was “reasonable” given the evidence presented at trial.

“We hold that the district court did not err in any of the challenged rulings and that the jury’s duly rendered damages awards were reasonable in light of the extraordinary and egregious facts of this case,” the appeals panel of judges wrote.

The judges also rejected Trump’s effort to assert he had presidential immunity since he made the statements while in office.

The panel of three judges cited Trump’s repeated denials and public criticisms of Carroll, even after the first jury found his statements were defamatory,

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