Appeals court won’t let Justice Department step in for Trump in E. Jean Carroll's $83M verdict

A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday refused the Justice Department’s effort to put itself on the hook for an $83.3 million defamation award advice columnist E. Jean Carroll won at trial from President Trump. 

It’s the latest setback for the president in his efforts to fight Carroll’s lawsuits at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Last week, the 2nd Circuit upheld her earlier $5 million jury award. 

On Wednesday, the three-judge panel denied the Justice Department’s...