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E. Jean Carroll wins against Trump again [1]

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Date: 2025-06-13

This is about the first case E. Jean Carroll won against Trump, holding him liable for sexually abusing her in 1996, and awarding her $5 million for defamation after she went public with the story, and Trump denied the whole thing.

A three judge panel of New York's 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the jury verdict at the end of December 2024. Trump never gives up. You'd think he would be smart enough to just let this go. With all he's doing now, everyone had forgotten about it. But no, not Donald.

Friday, the same court upheld that decision 8-2, with 3 recusals. They were actually miffed that they were being bothered with the case. Judge Myrna Pérez wrote, "Simply relitigating the case is not an appropriate use of the en banc procedure. In those rare instances in which a case warrants our collective consideration, it is almost always because it involves a question of exceptional importance or a conflict between the panel's opinion and appellate precedent."

Trump's lawyers claimed it was not a fair trial because of evidence that was presented, such as the Hollywood Access tape and testimony from other women who also accused Trump of sexual assault.

The lawyers also contended that they should be able to present to the jury that Carol's legal fees were paid by the co-founder of LinkedIn, saying that the case was brought for political reasons. Judge Kaplan ruled it inadmissible.

Trump's lawyers this time put out the same argument that the whole thing was a hoax, politically motivated, the justice system was weaponized against Trump, and because people were supporting Trump in historic numbers. The same garbage we've heard before. He won the election, therefore he must be innocent of everything.

The second case where Trump lost and was liable for 83.3 million dollars is set to go in front of the three judge panel on June 24th.

Robbie Kaplan, her lawyer, no relation to Judge Kaplan, and E. Jean Carroll said in a joint statement, "E. Jean Carroll is very pleased with today's decision. Although President Trump continues to try every possible maneuver to challenge the findings of two separate juries, those efforts have failed. He remains liable for sexual assault and defamation."

On this case, Trump's only pathway is to try to get the case heard by the Supreme Court. Somehow, I think that the Supreme Court will pass. You've got a three judge panel and then a full panel ruling against Trump. There has to be something absolutely exceptional, and the full panel already said there wasn't anything of that nature. While this Supreme Court can make up things out of thin air, it can't change facts and has to take serious consideration of previous decisions. Trump's Federalist Society Justices must be getting tired of Trump's bleating and whining. I sure am.

Trump just opened up another spotlight on his criminality, as he is with trying to get his 34 felony conviction case moved to a federal court, which is a worthless effort as he was already sentenced. All he does is remind people how unfit he is to serve.

Good for E. Jean. She'll win on the second defamation case, too. If Ms. Carroll wanted to, there were additional times where Trump put in writing, and on camera, other instances of defamation. He won't know when to stop because he can't be a loser, when he is.

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