Taxpayers will not be paying for President Trump's ongoing appeal of the $83 million defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll, an appeals court has ruled.

A jury last year ordered Trump to pay the columnist $83 million in damages.

American taxpayers will not be paying for the ongoing appeal of Donald Trump’s $83 million defamation case, a federal appeals court determined on Wednesday.

A panel of judges on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied Trump’s request to have Justice Department lawyers argue in his appeal of columnist E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against Trump.

A New York jury last year ordered Trump to pay the former Elle magazine columnist $83.3 million in damages for defaming her in 2019 when he denied her accusation that he sexually assaulted her in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman department store in the mid-1990s. Trump has denied all allegations.

  • SeeMarkFly@lemmy.mlEnglish
    911·
    2 days ago

    American taxpayers WILL be paying for the ongoing appeal of Donald Trump’s $83 million defamation case.

    Have you met this guy???

  • Kirp123@lemmy.world
    75·
    2 days ago

    So if Trump continues to use the US government as one of his businesses does that mean it will end up like most of them? Bankrupt?

      • Airowird@lemm.ee
        26·
        2 days ago

        The ‘best’ part is that when Dems get to power, they’ll need to tax to fill the pit and tve MAGA GQP can start their propaganda anew

        • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
          24·
          2 days ago

          The simple solution, and thus the one that won’t even be considered, is to tax the rich and fund the IRS to actually enforce those cases instead of low hanging fruit. Reinstituting the 90% top tax bracket with no exceptions and it fills a lot of that gap immediately.

      • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        6·
        2 days ago

        Trump already spooked the bond market after announcing his tarriffs. He’s also criticising Powell. The US will default before Trump takes his snout out of the trough.

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
      27·
      2 days ago

      “funny” enough the head of the DOJ pam bondi WAS his personal attorney for his 2020 “election fraud” cases…

      Republicans used to freak out about any sort of improper connection between the president and the DOJ, but now that it’s “their guy” it’s totally fine and cool™©®

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    101·
    2 days ago

    As though he or his admin will follow the rulings of judges. Ha, whatever, Judge. Get fucked. -Trumpers

  • Burninator05@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    2 days ago

    I’d almost be ok with DoJ lawyers taking the case. Their track record this administration has been really bad.