A New York federal appeals court denied President Donald Trump’s attempt to have a court rehear his challenges to magazine writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation and sexual abuse case – the latest in a years-long saga over the multi-million dollar jury award.
Trump had asked the court to replace his name, listed as the defendant in the case, with the United States because he made defamatory comments about Carroll within the scope of his first presidency – for which he has some immunity.
