Sauer also said
two other women should not have been allowed on the stand. Carroll's attorneys called Jessica Leeds and Natasha Stoynoff, who testified about alleged abuse by Trump that bore similarities to Carroll's accusations.
Sauer argued that Leeds' claim, that Trump groped her on an airplane, occurred before any federal law barred that.
Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan said Sauer was incorrect.
"The answer to that is that it was a crime in 1979," citing a federal statute in effect at the time.
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump argued that a $5 million judgment finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll should be thrown out.
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