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Trump $175 Million Bond Arranged by Billionaire Supporter’s Firm

A billionaire Donald Trump supporter whose California company is known for subprime auto loans offered to arrange the former president’s $175 million appeal bond in New York state’s civil fraud suit, though he said politics had nothing to do with …

Trump Posts $91.6M Bond From Chubb Subsidiary in Carroll Case

Donald Trump secured a $91.6 million bond from insurer Chubb in order to allow the former president to appeal an $83.3 million verdict against him in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case. The surety bond contract with Chubb’s Federal Insurance …

Trump Asks Judge to Suspend $83M Defamation Verdict, Arguing It Won’t Stand

Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York judge Friday to suspend an $83.3 million defamation verdict against the former president, saying there was a “strong probability” that it would be reduced on appeal, if not eliminated. The lawyers made the …

Jury Awards Carroll $83 Million in Defamation Case Against Trump

A jury awarded $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll on Friday in a stinging and expensive rebuke to former President Donald Trump for his continued social media attacks against the longtime advice columnist over her claims that he sexually assaulted …

Judges Ask Why Trump Waited Years Before Claiming ‘Presidential Immunity’ in Defamation Case

A federal appeals panel wants to know why lawyers for former President Donald Trump didn’t try years ago to use a claim of absolute presidential immunity to shield him from a defamation lawsuit by a woman who accused him of …

Judge’s Ruling That Trump Defamed Writer Sets Up Second Trial on Damages

Four months after a jury found that Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that still more of the ex-president’s comments about her were libelous. The decision means that an upcoming …

Justice Department Reversal: Trump Can Be Held Liable in Writer’s Defamation Lawsuit

The Justice Department on Tuesday said that Donald Trump can be held personally liable for remarks he made about a woman who accused him of rape — a reversal of its position that Trump was protected because he was president …

Judge Allows Carroll to Amend Defamation Suit Against Trump to Add His CNN Comments

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 …

New York Jury Has Wide Latitude to Decide Civil Claims Against Trump

The New York jury hearing an advice columnist’s claims that she was raped by Donald Trump could begin deliberations as soon as Tuesday, and it will have wide latitude in deciding the truthfulness of the allegations against the former president. …

How Former Columnist’s Civil Lawsuit Alleging Sex Assault by Trump Reached Court

As Donald Trump ran for and served as president, over a dozen women publicly accused him of sexual assault and harassment. Most of those claims – all denied by Trump – were never taken to court. None has gone to …