Trump sought to appeal against the verdict and erase the lofty $5m (£3.8m) fine delivered by a jury in May 2023.

Trump blamed his lawyers for the jury’s verdict in this case, as they had advised him to avoid appearing in court. He has regularly attended court cases involving him since.

He attended and briefly testified at the second trial, which resulted in an additional $83m judgement against him.

Friday’s hearing is just one of multiple legal hurdles that Trump faces.

He awaits sentencing in a Manhattan criminal trial after he was convicted of falsifying business records to cover up hush-money payments to an adult film star.

  • @pelespiritOPMEnglish
    2•10 days ago

    He’s doing it again, lol

    “This is not the kind of publicity you’d like,” Donald Trump said about the case.

    He went on to say, “I should be suing [E Jean Carroll] for defamation” before repeating his attacks on Carroll while talking about how he has been famous for “a long time.”

    “She has gone around for years saying this story and it’s a total lie… This whole thing started, along with just about every case I’ve been involved with, with the political campaign of Harris, who’s having a bad time,” he said.

    “It’s all fabricated…in front of very friendly judges,” Trump continued. Source