Trump asks Supreme Court to throw out E. Jean Carroll's $83 million verdict
Trump says presidential immunity bars the verdict and warns the award could expose future presidents to civil liability for official statements.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to overturn an $83.3 million defamation verdict involving columnist E. Jean Carroll, claiming presidential immunity for 2019 comments made while in office.
- Trump's legal team contends his 2019 remarks constituted "official acts" made as president. An appeals court previously rejected these arguments, finding the award "reasonable in light of the extraordinary and egregious facts."
- Separately, Trump accuses Carroll of pulling a $5.62 million "bait-and-switch" with payment funds, alleging she moved the money into a personal investment account despite assurances it would sit in an "interest-bearing account."
- Trump's attorneys are asking the court to return the funds under judicial supervision, warning the money could be difficult to recover. Carroll's legal team disputes these concerns, arguing the judgment remains valid.
- The Supreme Court is reviewing Carroll-related litigation for the second time in two months, with Trump also contesting a separate $5 million verdict. These appeals rely on the high court's 2024 immunity decision.
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Trump Calls on the Supreme Court to Revoke the $83.3 Million Conviction for Defaming E. Jean Carroll
President Donald Trump filed a petition with the Supreme Court Tuesday to reverse a $83.3 million sentence handed down by a jury in 2024, which found him responsible for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. The request adds to a series of legal attempts by the president to avoid paying two separate civil convictions linked to Carroll's allegations, who accuses him of sexually assaulting her in a tester at the Bergdorf Goodman New York store in the m…
Donald Trump is to pay Jean Carrol millions of dollars for his statements about her. But now his lawyers have contacted the Supreme Court – and asked it to review the sentence. They say Trump should be granted immunity, Axios reports.
Trump asks US Supreme Court to overturn $83.3 million E Jean Carroll defamation verdict
President Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to overturn the $83.3 million defamation verdict awarded to writer E Jean Carroll, arguing his 2019 statements were protected by presidential immunity and should not attract personal civil liability.
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