Judge Lewis Kaplan on Wednesday denied former President Trump's motion for a mistrial following Trump's conviction for defaming E. Jean Carroll.

Trump's attorney Alina Habba moved for a mistrial after Carroll testified she had deleted some messages she received that contained threats to kill her.

Judge Kaplan said Carroll's testimony should have been no surprise since she had given sworn testimony "to the same general effect" a year before the trial.

Kaplan also said Trump "demonstrated no clear error" in the judge's previous denial of a mistrial on the same grounds.

Trump has said he will appeal the verdict in the case, after the jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in damages.

Former President Trump said Tuesday that he's in the process of interviewing law firms to represent him in his appeal of the $83 million ruling in his defamation damages trial.

"I am in the process, along with my team, of interviewing various law firms to represent me in an Appeal," Trump posted to his social media platform. "I will make my decision soon!"

Alina Habba, Trump's legal counsel in the case, confirmed to ABC News that she continues to represent the former president in the matter.

Hiring a separate firm to handle the appellate process is a normal step in a case of this nature, and Habba said her team will work with the new firm as the appeal proceeds.

In a statement, E. Jean Carroll lauded the jury's verdict.

"This is a great victory for every woman who stands up when she’s been knocked down, and a huge defeat for every bully who has tried to keep a woman down," Carroll said.

Her attorney, Roberta Kaplan, said, "Today’s verdict proves that the law applies to everyone in our country, even the rich, even the famous, even former presidents."

"We thank the jury for standing up for E. Jean and the rule of law,” she said.

Addressing the media outside the courthouse, Trump attorney Alina Habba slammed the $83 million verdict, dismissing the jury as "ridiculous" and repeating Trump's vow to immediately appeal.

"We will immediately appeal. We will set aside that ridiculous jury," Habba said. "I assure you -- we didn't win today, but we will win."

Habba repeated her grievances with the orders from the judge, who instructed the defense that, based on the ruling in Trump's previous trial, they could not dispute that Trump assaulted Carroll and later defamed her when he denied it.

"You are not allowed to be stripped of every defense you have," Habba said.

Habba said she was "so proud" to represent Trump, and repeated his familiar claim that he is being targeted for political purposes.

Trump attorney Alina Habba, in her closing argument, questioned the sincerity of E. Jean Carroll's claims of emotional and professional harm and accused her of trying to pin the comments of Twitter trolls on a president of the United States.

"Ms. Carroll has failed to show she is entitled to any damages at all," Habba said.

Habba attempted to suggest that Donald Trump could not defend himself and that Carroll had paid for a lawyer for her friend Carol Martin, who testified as a hostile witness for the defense -- but Carroll's attorneys objected and Judge Lewis Kaplan sustained the objection.

"If you violate my instructions again, Ms. Habba, there could be consequences," the judge warned.

Habba said that Carroll failed to prove causation, slowly annunciating the word loudly into the microphone.

"They have to prove a direct causal connection between the harm they say she suffered and [Trump's] statements," Habba said, arguing that there were independent critics messaging Carroll before Trump issued his defamatory statements denying Carroll's June 2019 sexual assault allegation.

"This is the beauty and dangers of free speech in America. Everyone is entitled to their opinion," Habba said, asserting that Trump has no more control over the thoughts and feelings of social media users "than he does the weather."

"It is Ms. Carroll's burden, not President Trump's, to prove his statements are the cause of any harm, and clearly she has failed to meet that burden," Habba argued.

She also questioned the legitimacy of the harm Carroll claims to have suffered. "Who is E. Jean?" Habba asked, telling the jury there are two versions, and asserting that the true E. Jean Carroll is a narcissist out for fame and attention, "and the one who comes to court to get money from my client."

Habba also chided Carroll for deleting messages containing death threats -- which Carroll said she did because they were painful to see -- and for never calling the police.

"She deleted her own evidence," Habba said. "She has to give them to you to support their claim for damages, but they're not here and that's a fact."

As Trump looked on, hunched forward, hands folded on the table, Habba quoted his brief testimony saying he did not intend to hurt Carroll.

"We do not know the true identities of the people who sent the messages to Ms. Carroll," Habba said. "President Trump should not have to pay for their threats. He does not condone them. He did not direct them. All he did was tell his truth."