❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump is set to request the Supreme Court to overturn a $5 million verdict in a civil case funded by a Democrat megadonor, where he was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The case involves President Trump and writer E. Jean Carroll.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Application for review submitted on September 3, 2025, with the petition seeking an extension until November 10.
💬KEY QUOTE: “President Trump intends to seek review by this Court of significant issues arising from the Second Circuit’s erroneous decision,” stated the president’s counsel.
🎯IMPACT: Trump continues to challenge the verdict, asserting that various lawsuits against him are politically motivated.
President Donald J. Trump is expected to approach the Supreme Court in an attempt to reverse a $5 million verdict from a civil suit brought by E. Jean Carroll. The 2023 lawsuit saw a $5 million jury verdict that held him liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer and alleged fabulist. Carroll accused Trump of raping her nearly 30 years ago in a prestigious department store, in changing rooms that are usually locked and attended by staff. He has consistently denied the allegations.
Carroll, who could not recall even the year of the alleged attack with confidence, has accused at least seven other men and boys of assaulting her in unrelated cases over several decades.
In an application to the Supreme Court, Trump’s legal team wrote, “President Trump intends to seek review by this Court of significant issues arising from the Second Circuit’s erroneous decision.” The petition also requests an extension until November 10, allowing more time to formally ask for the case to be heard by the nation’s highest court.
The case has been part of Trump’s continued legal battles. Trump was ordered to pay Carroll $83 million in a second civil trial, a decision that Trump is also appealing.
Trump claims that the lawsuits he faces are driven by political motives. Notably, a dubious civil fraud verdict against the America First leader in a case brought by Democrat New York Attorney General Letitia James was recently thrown out on appeal.
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