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    Supreme Court again rejects Trump’s appeal in E. Jean Carroll’s $5 million defamation lawsuit

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    President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Morristown Airport, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, in Morristown, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)


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    The Supreme Court on Monday again rejected President Trump’s request to review a $5 million judgment in New York writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit against him.

    It was the second time the high court declined to get involved in the dispute.

    Without comment, the high court refused to review the judgment against Mr. Trump over statements he made in 2022 denying Ms. Carroll’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.

    In his filing, Mr. Trump said that the lower court improperly relied on statements he made against her accusation in 2019 when he was serving in his first term, citing presidential immunity.

    The president noted that he faces two defamation-related judgments from Ms. Carroll. He also wants the Supreme Court to consider a separate $83 million judgment over his comments to the press about Ms. Carroll’s 2019 accusation, which she first published in a column.

    The court’s decision not to hear the president’s appeal leaves the $5 million judgment in place.

    It would have taken four justices to vote in favor of reviewing the judgment for oral arguments to be granted.

    Mr. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and has said the case is politically motivated.

    Ms. Carroll initiated two defamation cases against Mr. Trump after he denied her allegations that he sexually abused her in a New York City department store dressing room in the 1990s.

    The first jury ruled that Mr. Trump had sexually abused Ms. Carroll and defamed her, awarding her $5 million in damages.

    The second jury also sided with Ms. Carroll, awarding her $83.3 million in damages.

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