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Former president was found liable for sexual assault and defamation at trial

The move reverses course on one of the Justice Department's most controversial decisions during the early stretch of the Biden administration.

Ruling comes days after the former president countersued Ms Carroll for defamation

From Judge Lewis Kaplan's opinion today in Carroll v. Trump (S.D.N.Y.): This is a defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll against President Donald Trump, as he then was, for statements Mr. Trump made in June 2019 shortly after Ms. Carroll publicly accused him of sexual assault. In those…

NEW YORK — Fallen FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried had his mammoth Manhattan fraud case split in two Thursday, with a judge agreeing to let prosecutors try him in separate trials.

Writer E. Jean Carroll's second defamation trial against former US president Donald Trump has been scheduled for the beginning of next year.

Roberta Kaplan welcomes ruling allowing writer to include in lawsuit ex-president’s remarks made after her previous court win

Ruling rebuffs "DOJ position that Trump was acting in scope of employment when defamed her," ex-U.S. attorney says

Carroll says Trump ‘doubled down’ on defamatory statements after a grand jury concluded he had abused her.

The New York author who won a $5 million sexual abuse trial against Donald Trump was allowed to expand an earlier defamation lawsuit to add remarks he made about her on a CNN town hall and seek at least $10 million more in damages.

Donald Trump's lawyers are seeking a new trial and for a $US5 million sum awarded to E Jean Carroll in a sexually abuse case to be reduced.