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Supreme Court rejects Trump’s longshot effort to overturn E. Jean Carroll verdict

The Hill
August 17, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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Supreme Court rejects Trump’s longshot effort to overturn E. Jean Carroll verdict

The Supreme Court on Monday denied President Trump’s longshot request to reconsider his appeal of writer E. Jean Carroll’s $5 million sexual abuse verdict.  The president asked the justices to rehear the case after they declined to take up his argument in June. The new, one-sentence order denies it again without comment or any noted dissents.  Rehearings…

The Supreme Court on Monday denied President Trump’s longshot request to reconsider his appeal of writer E. Jean Carroll’s $5 million sexual abuse verdict.  The president asked the justices to rehear the case after they declined to take up his argument in June. The new, one-sentence order denies it again without comment or any noted dissents.  Rehearings…