SCOTUS Rejects Trump Carroll Verdict Appeal
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- Supreme Court declined on Monday (06/29/26) to hear Trump's appeal of a jury verdict against him in the E. Jean Carroll case.
- The underlying jury verdict found Trump liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s and for defaming her.
- The $5 million award against Trump remains intact after the high court's denial.
- The article describes the Carroll verdict as "a dominant prong of Trump's personal legal troubles" as he returned to the political stage.
Why it matters: The $5 million judgment against Trump stays on the books. The article describes the underlying verdict as 'a dominant prong of Trump's personal legal troubles,' and the Supreme Court's denial removes the high court as a vehicle to undo it — closing the federal appellate road.
