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E. Jean Carroll arrives at Manhattan federal court, May 9, 2023, in New York. Donald Trump’s lawyers said Tuesday, March 5, 2024, that the ex-president deserves a new trial and a fresh chance to tell a jury why he berated writer Carroll for her sex abuse claims against him after she revealed them five years ago. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Judge denies Trump relief from $83.3 million defamation judgment

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump leaves his apartment building in New York, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. On Friday, Jan. 26, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming a judge on Monday delayed proceedings in Trump’s New York defamation trial until Tuesday, the day of the New Hampshire primary, which is proof of election interference. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) **FILE**

Jury awards E. Jean Carroll more than $83M in additional damages over Trump remarks

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump leaves his apartment building in New York, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New York judge postpones testimony in Trump-Carroll defamation trial, citing COVID-19 scares

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump appears at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Judge threatens to eject Trump over verbal shots in New York’s Carroll trial

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

People carry anti-Trump signs outside federal court, in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, the venue for the E. Jean Carroll's case against Donald Trump to determine how much more he owes the writer for denying that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s and accusing her of lying about her claims. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Fresh off huge Iowa win, Trump shifts to courtroom for Carroll trial

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

E. Jean Carroll leaves Manhattan federal court, Oct. 23, 2023, in New York. A federal judge said Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, that former President Donald Trump can wait a week to testify at a New York defamation trial where he could face millions of dollars in damages after a jury concluded that he sexually abused columnist Carroll in the 1990s. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Judge: Trump can wait a week to testify at sex abuse victim’s defamation trial

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court, June 15, 2023, in New York. A second trial of Bankman-Fried on charges not in the cryptocurrency fraud case presented to a jury that convicted him in November is not necessary, prosecutors told a judge Friday, Dec. 29, (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

No need for second trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, prosecutors say

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

In this courtroom sketch, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies during his trial in Manhattan federal court, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies outside jury’s presence as judge decides what he can say

By Larry Neumeister and Ken Sweet - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks as he visits the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Judge won’t delay Trump’s defamation claims trial, calling the ex-president’s appeal frivolous

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at Manhattan federal court, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, in New York. York. Bankman-Fried returned to New York City for a bail hearing Friday that could decide whether the fallen cryptocurrency wiz must go to jail while he awaits trial. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried jailed in New York; judge says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Federal court, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Campaign finance charge dropped from case against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks with supporters at the Westside Conservative Breakfast, June 1, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. Trump’s claims that absolute presidential immunity and free speech rights shield him from the defamation claims of E. Jean Carroll, a New York columnist, were rejected Thursday, June 29, by a federal judge. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to toss out defamation claims by columnist

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

E. Jean Carroll arrives at Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in New York. Donald Trump's lawyers say the New York writer, who won a $5 million jury verdict against the ex-president, can't win a pending defamation lawsuit because the jury agreed with Trump that he never raped her. The lawyers in a Manhattan federal court filing late Monday, June 5, urged Judge Lewis A. Kaplan to reject Carroll's bid to win at least $10 million more by amending a 4-year-old lawsuit against Trump. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Trump’s lawyers say defamation claim by NY writer must fail because jury agreed he never raped her

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

In this image taken from video released by Kaplan Hecker & Fink, former President Donald pauses during his Oct. 19, 2022, deposition for his trial against writer E. Jean Carroll. The video recording of Trump being questioned about the rape allegations against him was made public for the first time Friday, May 5, 2023, providing a glimpse of the Republican's emphatic, often colorful denials. (Kaplan Hecker & Fink via AP)

Trump rejects last chance to testify at New York civil trial

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the South Carolina Statehouse on Jan. 28, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. Trump’s lawyer said Friday, Feb. 10, that the former president is willing to provide a DNA sample to be compared with stains on the dress of a woman who accused him of raping her over a quarter century ago in a department store dressing room. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Judge to Trump: Too late to offer DNA to rebut rape claim

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

Columnist E. Jean Carroll leaves federal court Tuesday Feb. 22, 2022, in New York. Carroll, who accused former President Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s and then filed a defamation lawsuit against him, will not seek to depose him prior to trial because it would cause unnecessary delay, but she added that a DNA sample was still being sought. (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister)

Judge: Trump delays on rape accuser’s claims in ‘bad faith’

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

Business manager Christian Dawkins arrives to court in New York, Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Federal prosecutors have recommended multi-year prison sentences for Dawkins and two other men convicted of fraud for channeling secret payments to the families of top-tier basketball recruits to influence where the players went to school. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

3 get prison in college basketball recruiting scandal

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, file photo, gas prices are displayed at a Chevron gas station in Sacramento, Calif. Chevron reports financial results Friday, July 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

U.S. court rules for Chevron in Ecuador rainforest damage case

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Bin Laden relative keeps lawyer despite tax plea

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Judge: Enough evidence to convict bin Laden kin

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press