A federal appeals court said on April 29 it would not grant a special meeting of its judges to hear an appeal by President Donald Trump against a verdict that ordered him to pay $83 million for defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll.
The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it would not hold an en banc (on the bench) hearing, in which the entire membership of the court would be expected to participate.
This is the latest development in a legal saga surrounding Carroll’s allegation that Trump sexually assaulted her in a department store at some point during the 1990s. Trump has repeatedly denied the allegations….