Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll case

Key Points:

• President Trump has requested the Supreme Court to overturn an $83.3 million defamation judgment won by writer E. Jean Carroll, following a separate $5 million damages ruling against him for sexual abuse and defamation.
• Both judgments stem from civil trials in 2023 and 2024, where juries found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the 1990s and defaming her with repeated public denials during his presidency.
• Trump's legal team argues that the appeals court erred by not addressing whether he had presidential immunity for his statements, claiming this is the first case holding a sitting president liable for conduct in office.
• The Justice Department supports Trump's petition, asserting he is protected under the Westfall Act as he made the statements in his official capacity responding to press questions from the White House.
• Carroll has maintained her allegations, while Trump denies ever meeting her; his attempts to overturn the verdicts have been rejected by lower courts, and the $83.3 million judgment remains in a court-controlled account with unclear accrued interest.