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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.
Trump and the DOJ petition the Supreme Court to overturn the $83.3 million defamation verdict against him in the E. Jean Carroll case, arguing presidential immunity for 2019 statements and seeking to substitute the U.S. government under the Westfall Act so the suit could be dismissed.
The Justice Department plans to ask the Supreme Court to allow it to swap the United States in as the defendant under the Westfall Act in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit against Donald Trump, which would terminate the case since the federal government cannot be sued for defamation. A lower court had rejected the government’s bid to substitute, and Trump is seeking to pause payment of the $83.3 million verdict while the Supreme Court weighs review, making this post-trial intervention highly unusual.