A federal appeals court on Monday upheld an $83.3 million defamation judgment against President Donald Trump, rejecting his claims of presidential immunity.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a jury’s verdict, which awarded writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million after finding Trump acted with “common law malice” when he denied sexually assaulting her in the 1990s and accused her of fabricating her allegations for political and financial gain.

"We hold that the district court did not err in any of the challenged rulings and that the jury's duly rendered damages awards were reasonable in light of the extraordinary and egregious facts of this case. For the reasons set forth above, we AFFIRM the district court's judgment," the court concluded.

Carroll, a longtime advice columnist

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