President-elect Trump on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to reconsider a jury’s verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, insisting the trial was tainted by improper evidence.

Trump asked the full 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear the case after a three-judge panel on the court upheld the $5 million verdict late last month.

The new filing offers a........

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