{"id":2646212,"date":"2026-08-17T19:09:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T23:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-responds-to-trump-push-to-vacate-5-million-judgment-in-e-jean-carroll-civil-case\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T19:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T23:12:09","slug":"scotus-responds-to-trump-push-to-vacate-5-million-judgment-in-e-jean-carroll-civil-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-responds-to-trump-push-to-vacate-5-million-judgment-in-e-jean-carroll-civil-case\/","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS Responds to Trump Push to Vacate $5 Million Judgment in E. Jean Carroll Civil Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscotus-responds-to-trump-push-to-vacate-5-million-judgment-in-e-jean-carroll-civil-case%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2646212&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a legal case involving former President Donald Trump and columnist E. Jean Carroll. The Supreme Court declined Trump&#8217;s request to rehear the case in which a jury found him liable for sexually assaulting and defaming Carroll, awarding her $5 million. Trump had previously sought to overturn the verdict, but his appeal was denied, and Carroll received the compensation plus interest. Carroll had filed the lawsuit in 2022, alleging the assault occurred in 1996, and accused Trump of defamation after she publicly discussed her allegations. Trump denied the accusation, claiming it was politically motivated and citing inconsistencies, such as the alleged dress and timing of the event. The case also touches on legal issues regarding presidential immunity,with Trump\u2019s lawyers arguing that he should be protected from damages for statements made during his presidency. The Supreme Court is expected to review further petitions related to the case in the upcoming term.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court has turned down a request by President Donald Trump to rehear the case brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll, resulting in a $5 million verdict for her.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2026\/08\/court-turns-down-trumps-request-to-reconsider-its-refusal-to-hear-carroll-suit-against-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCOTUS Blog<\/a> reported that on June 29, the Supreme Court previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-going-scotus-punitive-83-million-e-jean-carroll-decision-reversed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">turned down<\/a> Trump\u2019s appeal in the 2023 case in which a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll and awarded her $5 million.<\/p>\n<p>On July 13, Carroll received the $5 million, plus interest, after Trump exhausted his avenues of appeal.<\/p>\n<p>His attorneys had filed a petition to rehear the case on July 8, which the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/orders\/courtorders\/081726zor_8m59.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denied<\/a> Monday. SCOTUS Blog noted that the court rarely grants rehearings, the most recent instance being in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarroll filed the lawsuit at the center of the dispute in 2022. She alleged that in 1996 Trump had sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at a New York department store and then in 2022, after she went public with her assault allegations, defamed her,\u201d the news outlet said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump denied the allegation contained in Carroll\u2019s 2019 book, calling it a politically and financially motivated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-going-scotus-punitive-83-million-e-jean-carroll-decision-reversed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hoax<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Strengthening Trump\u2019s political weapon argument, New York <a href=\"https:\/\/19thnews.org\/2023\/05\/e-jean-carroll-trump-new-law-justice-assault-survivors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed a law<\/a> in 2023, after he declared his candidacy, that created a one-time, one-year window for those claiming to be victims of sexual assault to bring their cases that fall outside the normal statute of limitations.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll would not have brought her suit otherwise, because it allegedly occurred in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Further, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/06\/27\/politics\/carroll-friends-deflate-law-order-episode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> reported in 2019 that Carroll\u2019s account of the sexual assault in a Bergdorf\u2019s dressing room mirrored the plot of a 2012 \u201cLaw &#038; Order: SVU\u201d episode.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt tickled me to death,\u201d she told CNN at the time when this was pointed out to her. \u201cIt\u2019s a great, huge coincidence, but it is a magnificent one, I must say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very ironic because \u2018Law &#038; Order\u2019 happens to be one of my favorite shows,\u201d Carroll said. \u201cI love \u2018Law &#038; Order: Criminal Intent.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Trump argued in a 2024 social media post that Carroll at first said that she was wearing a dress that hadn\u2019t been made yet<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe originally claimed that the \u2018event\u2019 happened in 1994, and that she wore the Donna Karan dress on that day. The problem is that New York Times Fact Checkers found the dress wasn\u2019t even made by Donna Karan until long after 1994. The truth is that she doesn\u2019t know the day, month, season, year, or decade \u2014 because it did not happen. End this Witch Hunt now!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a separate petition, Trump has also called on the Supreme Court to overturn a 2024 Manhattan jury verdict in a defamation lawsuit against him, which awarded Carroll $83.3 million, including $65 million in punitive damages and $18.3 million for her suffering.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-going-scotus-punitive-83-million-e-jean-carroll-decision-reversed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> during his first term as president that Carroll \u201cwas trying to sell a new book\u201d that \u201cshould be sold in the fiction section,\u201d and that her accusations were \u201ctotally false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/28521632-scotus726-petition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">petition<\/a>, Trump\u2019s legal team argued that in upholding the $83.3 million penalty, the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals failed to apply presidential immunity to his statements made during his first term.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court held in the 2024 case Trump v. United States that the president is entitled to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/turley-scotus-immunity-decision-produces-cardiac-arrest-jack-smith-trump-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">presumptive immunity<\/a> for official acts taken while in office when they fall outside his core responsibilities as president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first case in our Nation\u2019s history in which a court has imposed damages liability on a President for his conduct in office. Yet, in upholding the exorbitant $83.3 million defamation judgment here, the Second Circuit never even decided whether Presidential immunity applies to President Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-going-to-scotus-to-have-punitive-83-million-e-jean-carroll-decision-reversed\/\" title=\"... Going to SCOTUS to Have Punitive  Million E. ... Decision Reversed\">allegedly defamatory statements \u2014 statements made<\/a> from the White House, in response to press questions, denying allegations of personal misconduct, directly questioning his fitness for office,\u201d the attorneys <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-going-scotus-punitive-83-million-e-jean-carroll-decision-reversed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argued<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s legal team further stated that the Second Circuit \u201crefused to apply presidential immunity even after this court recognized that \u2018most of a president\u2019s public communications are likely to fall comfortably within\u2019 that protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SCOTUS Blog reported that the Supreme Court is not expected to consider the petition until late September at the earliest, when the new term begins.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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