Trump's courtroom antics doom bid for new trial in E. Jean Carroll case

A federal court shot down Donald Trump's request for a new trial or a reduced penalty in E. Jean Carroll's defamation case.

U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan found the ex-president's motion for a new trial to be without merit, saying that jurors could see for themselves during the course of the trial that Carroll had proven her case and that Trump had acted with malice.

"There was evidence that Mr. Trump’s statements about Ms. Carroll only increased in frequency and vitriol as trial approached, with Mr.