Scoop: Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83M judgment for E. Jean Carroll
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Add Axios on Google E. Jean Carroll (center) with her lawyer Roberta Kaplan (right) outside a Manhattan courthouse in 2024. Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
President Trump 's lawyers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the $83.3 million defamation judgment he was ordered to pay to E. Jean Carroll, Axios has learned.
Driving the news: Trump's lawyers argue he's entitled to presidential immunity because he made the comments while he was serving as president in response to reporters' questions, which centered on his fitness for office.
State of play: Trump's lawyers unsuccessfully appealed the $83.3 million judgment to the federal appeals court in the 2nd Circuit.
The backstory: Carroll, a New York writer, in 2019 accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s. Trump denied it, setting off years of litigation.
What to watch: The Supreme Court is dealing with Carroll-related litigation for the second time in two months.
Axios has reached out to Carroll's legal team for comment.
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