Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump’s push to toss out $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll case
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- Supreme Court again declined to hear Donald Trump’s appeal challenging a $5 million jury verdict in favor of E. Jean Carroll, who accused him of sexual assault and defamation
- Trump paid the $5 million judgment shortly after the Court’s initial refusal to take up the case in June, though his legal team continued seeking review
- E. Jean Carroll testified that Trump assaulted her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s, a claim the jury found credible enough to hold him liable for both abuse and defamation
- Trump’s lawyers are separately asking the Supreme Court to overturn a second, $83 million verdict from a different trial, arguing presidential immunity shields his 2019 public statements about Carroll
- Carroll, a former advice columnist and TV host, has publicly detailed her allegations, making her an exception to AP’s policy of not naming alleged victims of sexual assault
Why it matters: Trump has now exhausted another avenue to erase a civil liability tied to conduct before and during his presidency, leaving him financially accountable for the $5 million verdict while a larger $83 million case remains pending. The Court’s refusal signals limited judicial sympathy for broad claims of presidential immunity in personal misconduct cases.
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