Judge rejects Trump’s request for new trial in E Jean Carroll civil case
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Judge says jury did not reach a seriously erroneous result' in finding Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's request for a new trial in a civil case brought by E Jean Carroll, in which a jury found the former US president liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer and awarded her $5m in damages.
In a 59-page decision, US district judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said the jury did not reach a seriously erroneous result," and the 9 May verdict was not a miscarriage of justice".
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