A federal appeals court has declined to rehear President Donald Trump's challenge to an $83.3 million defamation verdict awarded to writer E. Jean Carroll, clearing the way for a potential appeal to the Supreme Court. Court of Appeals decision President Donald Trump argues the U.S. should replace him as a defendant. By: MEGA The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Trump's request for an en banc hearing - a review by the full panel of judges - in a recent decision.