A trial is scheduled to begin next week. His attorneys have suggested appealing to the Supreme Court

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.

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
      124·
      10 months ago

      And it gets dumber than the original headline … the outcome is always the same.

      A dumb orange politician commits crime, tried in court but rich people for some reason pour money into supporting him and he gets away with charges or has the entire thing delayed … again and again.

      • smeenz@lemmy.nz
        7·
        10 months ago

        Except that it’s poor people who pour money into supporting him. Poor, deluded, brainwashed people. Rich people don’t give their money away, they instead convince poor people to fund them

      • The Assman@sh.itjust.works
        53·
        10 months ago

        He’s literally going to delay any consequences until he’s dead. We have no reason to think otherwise so please let’s just stop talking about him.

        • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.socialEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          Turning your back on what he is trying to get away with is what he wants, that is how you put a fascist in power. Instead everyone should put everything they see this man do under a microscope and broadcast it all until he is safely in prison.

    • IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee
      2·
      10 months ago

      Yeah. Me too. But there are some psychopathic fucks out there who use that want to make sure Trump can try again. These headlines are monotonous but they keep his crimes fresh in the public’s mind.