{"id":21447,"date":"2026-07-29T23:59:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21447"},"modified":"2026-07-29T23:59:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:59:26","slug":"trump-asks-supreme-court-to-overturn-83m-judgment-in-e-jean-carroll-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21447","title":{"rendered":"Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83M judgment in E. Jean Carroll case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">President Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/live-updates\/trump-defamation-trial\/carroll-concedes-she-was-attacked-online-before-trumps-denial?id=106403966\" dir=\"ltr\">$83 million judgment<\/a> a federal jury awarded writer E. Jean Carroll after a separate jury held Trump liable for defaming her when he denied her sexual assault claims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In his petition to the Supreme Court, Trump argued that he is immune from liability for statements he made while in office and accused a federal appeals court of refusing to recognize it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;The Second Circuit instead engaged in procedural contortions to avoid addressing Presidential immunity,&#8221; Trump&#8217;s petition said.<!-- -->\u00a0<!-- -->\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In making the claim, Trump is invoking the Supreme Court&#8217;s controversial <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/supreme-court-rules-trump-absolute-immunity-criminal-prosecution\/story?id=109803999\" dir=\"ltr\">2024 presidential immunity decision<\/a>, which effectively shut down then-special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s 2020 election probe and established sweeping protection from prosecution for &#8220;official acts.&#8221;<!-- -->\u00a0<!-- --> Trump argues his public statements regarding Carroll&#8217;s claims were made in his &#8220;official&#8221; capacity as president.<!-- -->\u00a0<!-- -->\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The circuit court, in its ruling, blamed Trump for failing to raise his immunity argument in a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/appeals-court-rehear-trumps-challenge-jean-carroll-verdict\/story?id=132497829\" dir=\"ltr\">timely fashion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Presidential immunity was not raised for the first three years of this case,&#8221; Judge Denny Chin said in the April opinion.<!-- -->\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Last month, with no dissents, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Trump&#8217;s appeal of a separate verdict that held Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll and awarded her $5 million in damages. The money, plus interest, was subsequently <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/jean-carroll-receives-5-million-payment-trump-civil\/story?id=134748551\" dir=\"ltr\">transferred into her account<\/a>, her lawyers said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oLzSq QrHMO fnRUo pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW RMeqy daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc MENS nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY rPLsU iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM IEgzD OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD VWDdR ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV GPGwb oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage GpQCA lZur asrEW \" data-testid=\"prism-inline-image\">\n<figure class=\"kzIjN GNmeK pYrtp dSqFO \" data-testid=\"prism-figure\">\n<div class=\"GpQCA lZur lIngG \" data-testid=\"prism-ratio-frame\">\n<div class=\"FvQLF iLTd NqeUA UzzHi iWsMV \"><picture data-testid=\"prism-picture\"><source media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/a36a4ef4-8193-41a8-baed-0781a1b3818a\/e-jean-carroll-rt-gmh-260729_1785349975191_hpMain_4x3.jpg?w=375, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/a36a4ef4-8193-41a8-baed-0781a1b3818a\/e-jean-carroll-rt-gmh-260729_1785349975191_hpMain_4x3.jpg?w=750 2x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 415px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/a36a4ef4-8193-41a8-baed-0781a1b3818a\/e-jean-carroll-rt-gmh-260729_1785349975191_hpMain_4x3.jpg?w=750, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/a36a4ef4-8193-41a8-baed-0781a1b3818a\/e-jean-carroll-rt-gmh-260729_1785349975191_hpMain_4x3.jpg?w=1500 2x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR SjwtZ hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/a36a4ef4-8193-41a8-baed-0781a1b3818a\/e-jean-carroll-rt-gmh-260729_1785349975191_hpMain_4x3.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"nMMea bNYiy Mjgpa dGwha DDmxa jgKNG RGHCC aBIU PriDW aiQHS lZur \" data-testid=\"prism-caption\">\n<p><span class=\"hsDdd OOSI GpQCA lZur VlFaz \" data-testid=\"prism-truncate\"><span><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ \">E. Jean Carroll leaves the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City, September 6, 2024.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ YNujN JGtjI aZFDu rkKLh \">Adam Gray\/Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In his new pitch to the Supreme Court, Trump also asked the justices to find his statements denying Carroll&#8217;s claims were part of his job as president and to permit the United States government to swap as the defendant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Because accusations bearing on the President&#8217;s fitness for office are unquestionably matters of public concern, Presidential statements responding to press questions about such accusations are plainly official. This Court should say so,&#8221; the petition said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The 2nd Circuit said Trump&#8217;s substitution request also came too long after the fact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;The fact of the matter is that no other defendant would be permitted to move to substitute the United States in his place, fifteen months after trial and the entry of judgment against him,&#8221; Judge Chin&#8217;s opinion said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A federal jury determined in 2023 that Trump was liable for<!-- -->\u00a0<a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/jury-deliberations-underway-jean-carroll-battery-defamation-case\/story?id=99183870\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\">sexually abusing Carroll<\/a>\u00a0<!-- -->in the dressing room of a Manhattan department store in the 1990s, and that he defamed her in a 2022 social media post by calling her allegations &#8220;a Hoax and a lie&#8221; and saying &#8220;This woman is not my type!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In 2024, following a separate trial, Trump was ordered to pay $83 million in damages to Carroll for defaming her in 2019 when he<!-- -->\u00a0<a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/jean-carroll-sues-trump-defamation-rape-accusation-denial\/story?id=66740654\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\">denied her allegations<\/a>\u00a0<!-- -->of sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Carroll&#8217;s attorneys declined to comment on Trump&#8217;s latest petition to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the $83 million judgment a federal jury awarded writer E. 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