A New York federal judge is allowing E. Jean Carroll to seek additional damages from former President Donald Trump after he made comments about her and the initial $5 million judgment against him during a CNN town hall on May 11.

Carroll will now seek $10 million in damages with the permission of U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in the Southern District of New York.

Carroll's attorneys argued, "This conduct supports a very substantial punitive damages award in Carroll’s favor both to punish Trump, to deter him from engaging in further defamation, and to deter others from doing the same."

Kaplan made the decision hours after Trump pled not guilty at an arraignment in Miami on charges he mishandled classified documents.

"Made up story"

At the town hall on May 11, Trump reacted to the settlement against him in the Carroll case by saying, "I have no idea who this woman — this is a fake story, made up story.” He called Carroll a "wack job" who had a pet cat she named "Vagina."

To prove defamation, Carroll has to prove that what Trump said was false and that it harmed her reputation.

Her story that Trump raped her in a department store dressing room was already deemed suspect by the jury, which only found Trump guilty of unspecified "sexual abuse."

Those charges could be as slight as groping and don't necessarily signify assault.

Vendetta against Trump

Carroll seems to have a vendetta against Trump and to have taken it upon herself to teach him a lesson.

Either that or the same far-left enemies of Trump are bankrolling her further legal action in order to further their own vendetta against him. And of course, the legal system in New York City is more than happy to oblige.

Trump has said repeatedly that he can't get a fair trial in New York.

Trump appealing

Trump is appealing the initial $5 million judgment as "excessive."

Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina told the Post: “Judge [Lewis] Kaplan has been overturned once already in Carroll v. Trump” —  what he meant was that the judge’s ruling that Trump didn’t have immunity was overturned in the 2019 defamation case Carroll still has pending against Trump, in which he claimed he had immunity when he made comments because he was president.

“We are confident it will be twice after this appeal is heard,” Tacopina said. “But what can’t be appealed and won’t be changed is the fact that this was a rape claim from day one and the jury rejected the rape claim even under the lowest standard allowable by law, preponderance of the evidence (or 51%) standard.”