Trump appeal against E Jean Carroll ruling backfires as judge says ex-president did ‘rape’ columnist
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s sexual abuse case brought by columnist E Jean Carroll has denied his bid to toss the jury’s verdict, and let the air out of his legal team’s argument. Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled this week that a jury’s award of $2m to Ms Carroll over its finding that Mr Trump had indeed sexually abused her was not excessive, given that while the actions alleged by his accuser did not fit the legal definition of rape, they certainly fit the colloquial meaning of the word. The jury’s finding, he wrote, does “not mean that that she failed to prove that Mr Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word rape.” “Indeed, as the evidence recounted below makes clear, the jury found Mr Trump in fact did exactly that,” he continued. Mr Trump remains under two criminal indictments in New York and at the federal level, and on Monday announced that he has received a target letter from the DoJ indicating that more criminal charges are likely coming down the pipes as a result of the agency’s long-running investigation into the January 6 attack on Congress and Mr Trump’s efforts to overturn the election.
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