SCOTUS refuses to revive Trump bid to overturn Carroll verdict

The Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to overturn the civil verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, leaving the roughly $5 million damages award in place (Carroll has now received about $5.6 million with interest). Trump had sought rehearing and argued presidential immunity questions could affect the case, but the Court offered no explanation in its order and had previously denied a prior bid. A separate $83.3 million Carroll verdict in a different case remains unresolved, with the Court yet to rule on that challenge.