The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Friday rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to get a retrial in the E. Jeanne Carrol civil sexual abuse and defamation liability verdict against him.

Trump was ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $5 million in the case by a New York federal jury which found he had sexually abused and defamed the writer.

US appeals court denies challenge after 2023 civil jury trial found Trump sexually abused Carroll then defamed her