US President Donald Trump called on the US Supreme Court to review a…
US President Donald Trump called on the US Supreme Court to review a 2024 verdict ordering him to pay writer and journalist Elizabeth Gill Carroll $83.4 million in defamation damages.
Consensus
- Donald Trump requested the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider the 2024 verdict ordering him to pay $83.3–$83.4 million to E. Jean Carroll.
- The Department of Justice also filed a request with the U.S. Supreme Court for the same case.
- Trump and the DOJ argue that presidential immunity applies because the statements were made during Trump's presidency.
- E. Jean Carroll sued Trump over defamation related to her 2019 memoir alleging rape in 1996.
- In 2024, courts awarded Carroll $5 million for harassment and defamation, and an additional $83.3–$83.3 million for separate defamation claims.
- Trump appealed both rulings but lost; the Supreme Court previously declined to review the harassment case in June 2023.
- Carroll has already received at least $5 million (or $5.6 million with interest).
- In May of the current year, the DOJ launched a criminal investigation into Carroll on charges of perjury.
Points of divergence
- The Supreme Court refused to consider Trump's appeal in June 2023 regarding the harassment case. — fontanka
- Trump lost the process in May 2023, and the jury awarded $83.3 million in January 2024. — vm
- The Supreme Court refused to review Trump's appeal on June 29, 2023. — kommerant
Coverage (3 sources)
- Trump asked Supreme Court to overturn $83.3 million verdict — Фонтанка
- Trump asked court to release him from $1 million defamation payment — Вечерняя Москва
- Trump asked court to exempt him from paying $83.4 million in defamation case — Коммерсантъ
Key entities
- USA
- Donald Trump
- Supreme Court
- Axios
- Elizabeth Jane Carroll
- Media
- CNBC
- Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Justice
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