Donald Trump press conference: Former president in court in NYC to appeal E. Jean Carroll sex abuse verdict [Video]

NEW YORK — With Donald Trump sitting in the courtroom, a federal appeals court in New York appeared skeptical Friday of the former president’s push for a new civil trial in the 2023 defamation and assault case brought by the writer by E. Jean Carroll, telling the defense it would be “very hard” to overturn the jury’s verdict.

Trump, seated alone in court, said nothing during the short proceeding but warmly greeted sketch artist Jane Rosenberg upon entering the room. He did not appear to make eye contact with Carroll, seated just feet away.

A jury last May found Trump should pay $5 million for defaming and sexually assaulting Carroll in the mid-1990s in a department store dressing room, an outcome his attorney argued should not stand.

Judge Danny Chin cut Sauer short, saying, “It’s very hard to overturn a jury …