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Further, he has not carried his burden to show that any claimed error or combination of claimed errors affected his substantial rights as required to warrant a new trial,
the court said
Relying solely on evidentiary rulings can be challenging, as a significant portion of the decision-making process rests with the discretion of the trial judge,
he saidThis ruling may suggest that the defense will pursue the second $83-million lawsuit with renewed vigor,
he saidThe American people have re-elected President Trump with an overwhelming mandate, and they demand an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and a swift dismissal of all of the Witch Hunts, including the Democrat-funded Carroll Hoax, which will continue to be appealed,
Trump’s incoming White House communications director said in a statement
Taking the record as a whole and considering the strength of Ms Carroll’s case, we are not persuaded that any claimed error or combination of errors in the district court’s evidentiary rulings affected Mr Trump’s substantial rights,
the court said in an unsigned decision
Both E. Jean Carroll and I are gratified by today’s decision. We thank the Second Circuit for its careful consideration of the parties’ arguments.”
Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer who represented Carroll during the trial and is not related to the judge, said in a statement
In each of the three encounters, Mr. Trump engaged in an ordinary conversation with a woman he barely knew, then abruptly lunged at her in a semi-public place and proceeded to kiss and forcefully touch her without her consent. The acts are sufficiently similar to show a pattern.”
The 2nd Circuit wroteWe look forward to uniting our country in the new administration as President Trump makes America great again,
Cheung added
Mr Trump’s statements in the [Access Hollywood] tape, together with the testimony of Ms Leeds and Ms Stoynoff, establish a repeated, idiosyncratic pattern of conduct consistent with what Ms Carroll alleged,
the opinion stated
What are the chances of that happening?”
Trump also brought up allegations from Leeds, saying
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The finding that Ms.Carroll failed to prove that she was ‘raped’ within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape,
District Judge Lewis Kaplan wrote at the timeI’ve said before and I’ll say it again: all options are on the table.”
Asked whether Carroll will raise those claims in court or file additional defamation complaints, her attorney Roberta Kaplan told The IndependentSHOULD A WOMAN GO TO JAIL FOR FALSELY ACCUSING A MAN OF RAPE?”
On December 28, the president-elect shared an image to his Truth Social account showing Trump and Carroll with the all-caps captionThe jury made its assessment of the facts and claims on a properly developed record,
according to Monday’s decision
I’ve never met the woman — other than this picture, which could have been AI-generated,
said Trump, referencing a photograph included in a 2019 New York magazine article that shows Carroll laughing beside Trump with his then-wife Ivana Trump in 1987Mr. Trump has not demonstrated that the district court erred in any of the challenged rulings,
the three-judge panel concluded in its unsigned opinion
The improper verdict in this case is a gross miscarriage of justice, backed by political operatives long opposed to President Trump and his politics, based on false and unsupported claims
The filing stated
While it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.”
He made the announcement on X, writing
One of life’s most underappreciated talents is to know when it’s time to move on to life’s next chapter.”
In his speech, he saidThey’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats.”
Also at the debate, Trump spun rumors that Haitian immigrants were eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, saying