Description Trump found liable in Carroll case, both parties react to verdict | USA TODAY

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan was appointed by President Bill Clinton. Other claims by former President Donald Trump have not been substantiated.
Carroll, a professional writer, had sued Trump for defamation, saying he lied about a 1996 sexual assault in a New York City department store and disparaged her character in doing so.

The sexual abuse verdict comes as Trump remains the frontrunner for the Republican presidential campaign in 2024.

This is not the first legal setback for Trump, who is under criminal indictment in New York City over a hush money case; the former president remains under criminal investigation in at least three other cases, two of them involving efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.