A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump's request for a new trial after a jury found the former president liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll, the author who says he raped her in the dressing room of a New York department store in the 1990s. She was awarded $5 million in damages in the civil trial.
FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks with supporters at the Westside Conservative Breakfast, June 1, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. A federal judge upheld a $5 million jury verdict against Donald Trump on Wednesday, rejecting the former president’s claim that the award was excessive and that a jury in a civil case vindicated him by failing to conclude that he raped a columnist in a luxury department store dressing room in the 1990s.
It was the latest legal setback for Trump, who is facing multiple ongoing criminal probes as he seeks the 2024 Republican nomination in another bid for the White House.On Tuesday, Trump announced that he is a target of the Justice Department’s investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
"Deranged Jack Smith, the prosecutor with Joe Biden's DOJ, sent a letter stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation, and giving me a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means an Arrest and Indictment,"Smith has been leading the DOJ’s investigation into Jan. 6 and Trump’s efforts to hold onto power after he lost the 2020 election in addition to the classified documents probe.
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