The justices declined to take up President Donald Trump’s challenge to a jury verdict in the E. Jean Carroll civil case, leaving the judgment in place.
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The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear President Donald Trump’s appeal seeking to overturn a $5 million jury verdict in writer E. Jean Carroll’s civil case accusing him of sexual abuse and defamation.
The court did not explain its decision, which is typical when the justices decline to take up a case, the Associated Press reported.
The decision leaves in place the verdict against Trump, who has denied Carroll’s allegations and the claims made by two other women whose testimony was allowed during the trial.
Trump’s attorneys had urged the high court to review the case, arguing that the trial was shaped by improper evidentiary rulings. They said the judge wrongly allowed testimony from two women who accused Trump of sexual abuse decades earlier, contending that the testimony violated federal evidence rules.
The lawyers also argued that the case interfered with Trump’s responsibilities as president, describing it as a distraction from duties they said are unique to the office.
Carroll sued Trump after alleging that he sexually abused her and later defamed her when he denied the accusation. A jury awarded her $5 million.
Trump has continued to deny wrongdoing.
The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the appeal ends Trump’s effort, at least through that petition, to have the justices review the underlying verdict.
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