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Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to overturn Carroll abuse verdict
Donald TrumpE. Jean CarrollSupreme Court of the United StatesJustin D. SmithNew York CitySexual abuseDefamationJury verdict
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The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn a $5 million jury verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and later defaming her. Source: SCMP The court's brief, unexplained order came without noted dissents. Source: Ground News
The arguments
Trump's lawyers had argued that the verdict was tainted by 'highly inflammatory' evidentiary rulings, including testimony from two other women who accused Trump of sexual abuse. Source: SCMP They claimed the judge broke federal evidence rules and that the case distracted from presidential duties. Source: SCMP Trump has denied all allegations. Source: SCMP
What now
The Supreme Court's decision leaves the lower court verdict standing. Trump's legal team had framed the appeal as a matter of presidential immunity, but the court declined to intervene. Source: Ground News
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“Trump’s lawyers had argued that allegations leading to the US$5 million verdict were propped up by 'highly inflammatory' evidentiary rulings, including those that allowed the testimony of two other women who accused Trump of sexual abuse decades ago.”
Ground News↗
“The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a push by President Donald Trump to throw out a jury’s finding that he sexually abused the writer E. Jean Carroll at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her.”