E. Jean Carroll brutally trolled President Donald Trump for losing an appeal after being found liable for sexually abusing the advice columnist in a department store dressing room in the mid-’90s and defaming her.
A jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation in May 2023, ordering him to pay Carroll $5 million, and another jury ordered him to pay $83.3 million more in a separate defamation case last year. Trump denied the allegations, saying Carroll is “not my type”—and announced appeals in both cases.
The 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed on Thursday a June 13 ruling that stated the court would not rehear Trump’s appeal. The appeals court’s mandate announced that the original decision would remain in effect.
The president now has 90 days to ask the Supreme Court to consider his appeal. A source close to his legal team suggested to the Daily Beast that he will pursue that option.
That would be the final installment in the saga and would be the deciding factor in whether Trump has to fork out $5 million to the author.
Carroll responded to the news that Trump’s appeal was blocked by sharing a screenshot of CNBC’s coverage of the issue on X. She wrote the date and added: “So long, Old Man! The United States Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, bids thee farewell.”
The source added to the Daily Beast that Thursday’s appeals court mandate was “old news” because it relates to an earlier mandate from the president’s en banc appeal that was issued on June 13.
An en banc appeal is a request for all active judges on the court to rehear a case after a three-judge panel has ruled. In plain English, the court refused to rehear Trump’s appeal in June, then Thursday’s mandate confirmed that decision.
A legal spokesperson for Trump, in a statement given to CNBC and then shared with the Daily Beast, blamed the failure on “political weaponization of our justice system” and said the “Democrat-funded Carroll Hoaxes” should have been handled by Trump’s attorney general, Pam Bondi.
“The American People are supporting President Trump in historic numbers, 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 Hoaxes, the defense of which the Attorney General has determined is legally required to be taken over by the Department of Justice because Carroll based her false claims on the President’s official acts, including statements from the White House,” the spokesperson said.
“President Trump will keep winning against Liberal Lawfare, as he is focusing on his mission to Make America Great Again.”
The solicitor general, D. John Sauer, acted in the most recent portion of the case for Trump. He has been contacted for comment via the Department of Justice, which declined to comment.
