Trump Plans to Appeal $5 Million Verdict Amid Potential Third Lawsuit by E. Jean Carroll.

Former President Donald Trump plans to appeal the $5 million jury verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. Trump's attorney said he was appealing the dollar amount and "all adverse orders, rulings, decrees, decisions, opinions, memoranda, conclusions or findings" from U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over the civil trial. Carroll's lawsuit alleged battery and defamation, accusing Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s and then defaming her in a statement when he called her allegation a "complete con job." The jury did not find Trump liable for rape, but it found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation.