NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are fighting to overturn a verdict finding him liable for sexual abuse and slander. A U.S. appeals court in New York is scheduled to hear arguments Friday in Trump’s appeal of a jury’s finding that he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll. She says the Republican attacked her in a department store dressing room in 1996. That jury awarded Carroll $5 million. For several days, preparations have been underway at a federal courthouse for Trump to attend the arguments in person. Trump’s lawyers say the jury’s verdict should be tossed because evidence was allowed at trial that should have been excluded and other evidence was excluded that should have been permitted.
