US EditionSupreme Court will consider taking up Trump’s appeal of E. Jean Carroll verdict on Feb. 20
The Supreme Court will review Trump's appeal challenging $88.3 million damages for sexual abuse and defamation, focusing on disputed evidence including testimony and the Access Hollywood tape.
- Scheduling a closed-door conference on Feb. 20, the Court will consider President Donald Trump's petition seeking review of a 2023 jury verdict involving E. Jean Carroll.
- Challenging the trial record, Trump's lawyers contend lower courts wrongly admitted three pieces of evidence: testimony by Jessica Leeds and Natasha Stoynoff and the `Access Hollywood` tape.
- The appeals record shows a federal jury in New York found Trump liable and awarded Carroll $5 million, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit upheld the verdict in December 2024, and the full 2nd Circuit declined reconsideration in June 2025.
- The justices could grant or deny review and may wait, as Supreme Court justices typically consider petitions at two or more conferences, delaying any grant until March 2 or later; The Hill reports an announcement could come the same day or the following Monday.
- If the Court takes the case, its ruling could reshape admissibility rules for testimony from Jessica Leeds, Natasha Stoynoff, and the `Access Hollywood` tape, though Carroll's camp urges denial.
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SCOTUS Takes Trump's E. Jean Carroll Case
The Supreme Court is set to consider President Trump’s petition to reconsider the verdict in a case involving E. Jean Carroll. In 2023, a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation, awarding Carroll $5 million. The justices may consider the case as early as February 23, according to a report from SCOTUS Blog. President Trump’s attorneys argued in a November filing to the Supreme Court that Carroll’s claims are a “politically motivat…
SCOTUS could consider hearing Trump appeal over obscene E. Jean Carroll verdict · American Wire News
President Donald Trump’s bid to review a verdict against him involving the sexual abuse case of writer E. Jean Carroll may see a move forward at the nation’s highest court. A new docket update for the U.S. Supreme Court reportedly shows that Trump’s petition for review is set to be addressed at a February 20 meeting of the justices, according to The Hill. “An announcement could come as soon as that day or in an order list set to be released the …
Supreme Court to hear arguments to overturn E. Jean Carroll's verdict against Trump
The Hill reports The Supreme Court has scheduled President Donald Trump’s petition seeking review of the jury verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll.The court’s conservative majority blew off Carroll’s recent request opposing Trump’s motion to overturn a verdict that ordered Trump to pay Carroll $88.3 million in damages. That amount, in turn, stems from a $5 million judgment handed down in 2023 for sexual abuse, p…
Justices to consider whether to weigh in on $5 million verdict against Trump at next conference
When the justices hold their private conference on Friday, Feb. 20, the petitions for review that they are slated to consider will include one from President Donald Trump, asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on the 2023 verdict against him in a civil suit brought by E. Jean Carroll. Trump calls the lawsuit “facially implausible” and “politically motivated”; Carroll urges the court to deny Trump’s petition, telling the justices that the verdict …
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