An appeals court on Wednesday ruled against the Justice Department's attempt to replace President Donald Trump as the defendant in a multimillion-dollar defamation case.

A federal appeals court Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump’s latest effort to throw out writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against him, ruling against the president’s request to have the government step in for him as a party in the case—and putting Trump one step closer to having to pay out $83 million in damages.

On Wednesday, an appeals court denied President Donald Trump's request to have his Justice Department defend his appeal of the E. Jean Carroll ruling.