Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn Carroll damages over presidential immunity

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Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn Carroll damages over presidential immunity
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Trump has asked the Supreme Court to review and overturn an $83.3 million defamation verdict against him in the E. Jean Carroll case, arguing presidential immunity and that the Westfall Act could substitute the U.S. government as defendant; lower courts have rejected immunity in this matter, and the Court has already denied review in a related Carroll defamation case that yielded a separate $5 million award.

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