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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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.
By Kara Scannell and John Fritze, CNN President Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to intervene once again in his tangled legal dispute with columnist E. Jean Carroll, appealing a US$83.3 million jury verdict for defamation on the grounds that, as president, he is immune to The post Trump urges the Supreme Court to overturn the US$83 million defamation verdict in favor of E. Jean Carroll appeared first on KVIA.
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In 2024, Trump was ordered to pay author E. Jean Carroll over 500 million kroner for defamation.
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