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US Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to overturn E. Jean Carroll verdict

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The U.S. Supreme Court has once again rejected Donald Trump's attempts to overturn a jury's verdict finding him liable for sexual abuse and defamation against E. Jean Carroll. Trump's legal team had sought to have the $5 million judgment dismissed, but the court declined to hear the appeal. Separately, Trump and the Justice Department are also petitioning the court to overturn a second verdict of $83 million, arguing presidential immunity for comments made in 2019. AI

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US Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to overturn E. Jean Carroll verdict

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Associated Press ·

    US top court again rejects Trump push to toss out E. Jean Carroll verdict

    The US Supreme Court on Monday again rebuffed President Donald Trump’s push to throw out a jury’s US$5 million finding that he sexually abused the writer E. Jean Carroll at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her. The Republican president’s lawyers…

  2. Axios Technology TIER_1 English(EN) · Avery Lotz ·

    Trump fails to undo E. Jean Carroll verdict at Supreme Court

    <p>The Supreme Court once again declined to take up President Trump's attempt to toss a jury's <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/07/14/e-jean-carroll-payment-trump-case" target="_blank">$5 million finding</a> that he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll.</p><p><strong>The big pictur…

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