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Trump and DOJ ask Supreme Court to toss $83 million defamation verdict in E. Jean Carroll case

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President Donald Trump and his administration are asking the Supreme Court to dismiss an $83 million defamation verdict won by writer E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of sexual assault. This is the first time a court has assessed damages against a president for statements made while in office.

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  1. Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83.3 million award in E. Jean Carroll defamation case

    Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth ·

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    Trump and DOJ ask Supreme Court to toss $83 million defamation verdict in E. Jean Carroll case

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  1. Just the News

    Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83m payment to Carroll (opens Just the News)

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    The latest request is related to the larger jury award, which the president urged the justices to reject, asserting that its 2024 decision giving presidents sweeping immunity for actions they take in office shielded him from liability in the case.

  2. Axios

    Scoop: Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83M judgment for E. Jean Carroll (opens Axios)

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    President Trump 's lawyers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the $83.3 million defamation judgment he was ordered to pay to E. Jean Carroll, Axios has learned. The judgment stemmed from Trump's 2019 statements in which he denied Carroll's claim that he'd sexually assaulted her in the 199…

  3. Fox News

    Trump files Supreme Court petition to toss $83 million E Jean Carroll defamation judgment (opens Fox News)

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    President Donald Trump's attorneys argued to the Supreme Court that presidential immunity should toss the $83.3 million defamation judgment ordered to E. Jean Carroll.

  4. KION Central Coast

    Trump urges Supreme Court to overturn E. Jean Carroll’s $83M defamation verdict (opens KION Central Coast)

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    By Kara Scannell, John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to once again step into his messy legal brawl with magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, appealing an $83.

  5. Seattle Times

    Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83.3 million award in Carroll defamation case (opens Seattle Times)

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    The petition is the latest turn in Trump’s continued efforts to deny Carroll’s claims and avoid two separate monetary awards that juries ordered him to pay.

  6. Triblive

    Trump asks Supreme Court to scrap $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll verdict (opens Triblive)

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    President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal of an $83.3 million jury verdict against him in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit, according to a copy of the petition reviewed by Bloomberg News.

  7. NBC News

    Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83.3 million award in E. Jean Carroll defamation case (opens NBC News)

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    Lawyers for President Donald Trump argued that he had immunity for statements made while president.

  8. UPI

    Reports: Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83.3M Carroll judgment (opens UPI)

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    President Donald Trump has reportedly asked the Supreme Court to overturn the $83.3 million judgment awarded to writer E. Jean Carroll.

  9. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll case (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Trump’s attorneys asserted in court filings that the Supreme Court’s 2024 decision granting presidents sweeping immunity for actions taken in office shields him from liability in the case.

  10. The Hill

    Trump, DOJ appeal E. Jean Carroll defamation suit verdict to Supreme Court (opens The Hill)

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    President Trump and the Justice Department (DOJ) are petitioning the Supreme Court to review writer E. Jean Carroll’s $83.3 million defamation award she won after accusing the president of sexual assault.

  11. SCOTUSblog

    Trump urges SCOTUS to overturn $83.3 million defamation verdict (opens SCOTUSblog)

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    Plus, the Supreme Court’s approval rating hit a new low.

  12. WHEC Rochester

    Trump and DOJ ask Supreme Court to toss $83 million defamation verdict in E. Jean Carroll case (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    President Donald Trump and his administration are asking the Supreme Court to dismiss an $83 million defamation verdict won by writer E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of sexual assault. This is the first time a court has assessed damages against a president for statements made while in office.

  13. SCOTUSblog

    Trump asks Supreme Court to hear appeal of $83.3 million defamation verdict against him (opens SCOTUSblog)

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    Lawyers for President Donald Trump and the federal government on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to take up his appeal of the defamation case brought against him by journalist E. Jean Carroll. A jury awarded Carroll $83.

  14. The Guardian

    Trump asks US supreme court to toss E Jean Carroll’s $83m defamation verdict (opens The Guardian)

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    Move marks second time US president has asked supreme court justices to nix damages awarded by a jury to Carroll Donald Trump and the justice department are asking the US supreme court to toss an $83m defamation verdict won by writer E Jean Carroll after she accused him of sexual assault, saying he …

  15. ABC News

    Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83M judgment in E. Jean Carroll case (opens ABC News)

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    President Trump has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the $83 million judgment a jury awarded E. Jean Carroll after another jury held Trump liable for defaming her.

  16. CBS News

    Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll case (opens CBS News)

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    President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to throw out an $83.3 million defamation judgment the writer E. Jean Carroll won against him.

  17. Washington Examiner

    Trump asks Supreme Court to reverse $83 million E. Jean Carroll verdict (opens Washington Examiner)

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    President Donald Trump‘s legal team on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to reverse a New York jury’s 2024 verdict that found him liable for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. Trump’s petition to the Supreme Court comes after a federal appeals court in late April declined his request to rehear the $83 m…

  18. Breitbart News

    Trump Department of Justice Appeals E. Jean Carroll Lawsuit to the Supreme Court (opens Breitbart News)

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    The DOJ under President Trump will now appeal to the Supreme Court regarding the $83.3 million awarded to writer E. Jean Carroll.

  19. Al Jazeera

    Trump appeals $83.3m E Jean Carroll civil verdict to US Supreme Court (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The Department of Justice has issued separate filings in support of Trump's case to toss the defamation award.

  20. The Western Journal

    Trump Going to SCOTUS to Have Punitive $83 Million E. Jean Carroll Decision Reversed (opens The Western Journal)

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    Lawyers for President Donald Trump and the Justice Department filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to have $83.3 million in damages awarded to E. Jean Carroll’s […]

  21. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Trump asks high court to toss Carroll verdict (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out an $83.3 million jury verdict against him for defaming magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019 when he denied her claim that he raped her during the…

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