US appeals court upholds $5M E. Jean Carroll sexual assault and defamation verdict against Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Trump appealed the verdict concerning his 2022 statement.
32% : Trump appealed the lower court's verdict because he found the admission of evidence for other sexual assaults to be against the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE).
26% : " Trump also failed to convince the appeals court to reverse the verdict on the basis that the trial court unreasonably restricted his defense by excluding certain evidence and preventing cross-examination of Carroll on three issues.
23% : The three issues were "her out-of-court claim that she possessed Mr. Trump's DNA; her decision not to file a police report; and her failure to seek surveillance video footage from" the owner of the department store where Carroll alleged Trump sexually assaulted her.
22% : The ruling comes after Trump won $16 million in a defamation settlement with ABC.
17% : Carroll sued Trump in 2019 for defamation after Trump's statements, made in 2019 and 2022, denied ever sexually assaulting her.
12% : The trial court admitted the testimony of two women who alleged that Trump sexually assaulted them and a recording of Trump describing how he non-consensually kissed and grabbed a woman.
12% : Trump argued that the evidence of other sexual assaults was improperly admitted because the defamation claim is not a sexual assault claim and therefore is not based on Trump's alleged sexual assault against Carroll.
8% : Trump sued ABC, ABC News, and news anchor George Stephanopoulos for Stephanopoulos stating in an ABC News published interview that Trump was found liable for raping Carroll.

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