NEW YORK—Lawyers for former President Donald Trump argued in a Lower Manhattan courtroom on Friday morning, seeking to toss out a jury verdict that found that Trump liable of sexual abuse and defamation against writer E. Jean Carrol.
Trump attended the hearing, sitting by himself in a chair behind a row of lawyers in a courtroom of the federal appeals court. He did not attend the 2-week trial in the case last year, which resulted in a jury awarding Carroll $5 million after finding Trump sexually abused her.
