Trump appeals jury's verdict in E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit

• The case will now move to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit after the appeal.
• At least 26 women, including Carroll, have made public allegations of sexual misconduct or assault against Trump over the years, but only a few resulted in litigation and only Carroll's has gone to trial.
• Trump has denied the allegations against him.

Driving the news: On Tuesday, the jury did not determine that Trump raped Carroll, as she alleged, but it did find that he sexually assaulted Carroll in the dressing room of a Manhattan department store in 1996. It also found he defamed her when he called her allegations "a complete con job" and "a Hoax and a lie" in 2022.

• Trump publicly ridiculed the trial, which started April 25, and Carroll, during a CNN town hall event on Wednesday.
• During the televised event, Trump called Carroll a "whack job" and called her allegations "fake" and "made up."

Carroll's counsel, Roberta Kaplan, did not respond to Axios' request for comment on the appeal.

The big picture: Carroll and Kaplan have said they are considering a new defamation lawsuit against Trump over the claims at the townhall event, according to the New York Times.

• It would be Carroll's third defamation lawsuit against Trump.
• In the other pending suit, Trump has argued he can't be sued because he made the statements at issue while he was president.

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Editor's note: This story has been updated with new details throughout.