A trial is scheduled to begin next week. His attorneys have suggested appealing to the Supreme Court
Donald Trump lost yet another attempt to avoid a trial stemming from a defamation lawsuit from E Jean Carroll, after a federal appeals court panel in New York refused to rehear his “immunity” defence one week before the trial is set to begin.
A single-page order from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday declined to hear his request for the case to be heard in front of the court’s full 13-member panel. Mr Trump’s next option is to appeal to the US Supreme Court.
The trial is scheduled to begin in a federal courtroom in Manhattan on 15 January.
A federal jury already awarded Ms Carroll $5m earlier last year after finding Mr Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. A second trial from another lawsuit is set to determine how much more he owes for denying her allegations while he was in office.
Again, they seem to fail to understand he’s already been deemed liable. This isn’t a guilt/innocence thing. This is “how much are you going to pay” thing.
Just like the Trump Org. trial over faking financial documents. Or the Giuliani defamation trial in Georgia. “We’ve already established what kind of person you are, now we’re just negotiating price.”