A US federal appeals court has refused to throw out a multimillion dollar jury verdict against US President Donald Trump for damaging the reputation of the writer E Jean Carroll in 2019 when he denied her rape claim.

The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected Trump's argument that the January 2024 $US83.3 million ($A126.3 million) verdict should be overturned because he deserved presidential immunity from Carroll's lawsuit.

The same court on June 13 upheld Carroll's separate $US5 million ($A7.6 million) jury verdict against Trump in May 2023 for a similar defamation and for sexual assault.

Carroll, 81, a former Elle magazine columnist, accused Trump of attacking her around 1996 in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room.

Trump first denied her claim in June 201

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