A trial is scheduled to begin next week. His attorneys have suggested appealing to the Supreme Court
Donald Trump lost yet another attempt to avoid a trial stemming from a defamation lawsuit from E Jean Carroll, after a federal appeals court panel in New York refused to rehear his “immunity” defence one week before the trial is set to begin.
A single-page order from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday declined to hear his request for the case to be heard in front of the court’s full 13-member panel. Mr Trump’s next option is to appeal to the US Supreme Court.
The trial is scheduled to begin in a federal courtroom in Manhattan on 15 January.
A federal jury already awarded Ms Carroll $5m earlier last year after finding Mr Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. A second trial from another lawsuit is set to determine how much more he owes for denying her allegations while he was in office.
I would argue that all of this has value for its own sake. Trump is testing the seams and joins our of complicated system. It’s useful in isolation.
Obviously destructive in context though.