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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.

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[-] [email protected] 90 points 1 day ago

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

Have you met this guy???

[-] [email protected] 75 points 1 day 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?

[-] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago

And there's the grift. Because that cannot happen. It's a blank check for the corrupt.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 day 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

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 day 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.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Except that mainline establishment Democrats are just as beholden to the 1% as the Republicans.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

I did say it wouldn't even be considered.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day 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.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago
[-] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago

What's the matter, has he run through competent lawyers who are willing to defend him?

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

Probably. He appointed them all to positions in the government.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

There will always be another shitty lawyer

[-] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

Reminder that abc news is owned by Disney.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago

doj is not your personal attorney you fucking orange freak

[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 day 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™©®

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Yeah, Trump weaponizes everything possible... and Biden was weaponizing the DOJ... right.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

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

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

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

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

I mean, it is hard to defend blatantly illegal shit

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
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