Carroll urges Supreme Court to reject Trump's bid to toss $83m verdict
Carroll's lawyers tell justices not to "bail out this President" as DOJ separately asks to replace Trump as defendant.
What to know
- Carroll's lawyers filed a Supreme Court brief opposing Trump's bid to overturn her $83.3m defamation verdict, citing his years-long waiver of immunity claims.
- The Justice Department has separately petitioned to substitute the United States for Trump as defendant, a move that would end the case entirely under a 1988 law barring defamation suits against the government.
- The Supreme Court already rejected Trump's appeal of a related $5m sexual abuse verdict in June 2026 and denied his request to reconsider in August 2026.
- DOJ's position has shifted over time: it backed the defendant-swap in 2020, dropped it in 2023, then certified in April 2025 that Trump's conduct was official, reviving the swap request.
E. Jean Carroll Journalist and author, plaintiff
Donald Trump US President, defendantCarroll's legal team Plaintiff's attorneysUS Department of Justice Federal government, filed separate petition
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DOJ petition to swap Trump for the US as defendant surfaces alongside brief
Reporting details a separate Justice Department petition asking the justices to let the United States replace Trump as defendant, a substitution that would end the case under a 1988 law barring defamation suits against the government; Carroll's brief notes DOJ previously dropped support for this swap in 2023 before reversing after Trump's 2025 return to office.
“to bail out this president from the consequences of his repeated litigation choices…”
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TRUMP STILL WON’T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY! After an $83.3 MILLION defamation judgment, he wants the Supreme Court to overturn it. E. Jean Carroll is fighting back and has won multiple appeals! How many times must this woman defend herself in court? #USDemocracy
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If the US Supreme Court takes on this case, the complete corruption of the US government by # Trump will be complete. The house of cards will collapse. # EJeanCarroll # USSupremeCourt https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/n ov/02/e-jean-carroll-trump-supreme-court
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Writer E. Jean Carroll again asked the Supreme Court to reject President Donald Trump's appeal of her $83.3 million defamation verdict, urging the justices not to "bail out this President."
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Carroll's lawyers file opposition brief at the Supreme Court — Carroll's legal team filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to reject Trump's petition over the $83.3m verdict, arguing he waived presidential immunity by fighting the case for years before raising it, and that his conduct fell outside official duties.
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Court denies Trump's rehearing request — The Supreme Court's docket shows the justices denied Trump's request to reconsider or hold the earlier case.
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Trump asks justices to reconsider or hold the case — Trump asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its rejection of the sexual abuse case appeal, or to hold it pending action on the defamation appeal.
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Supreme Court declines Trump's appeal in the sexual abuse case — The justices turned down Trump's appeal of the 2023 sexual abuse verdict.
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Jury awards Carroll $83.3m in separate defamation case — A federal jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million over statements Trump made as president in 2019 denying her account of the abuse.
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Jury finds Trump sexually abused Carroll, awards $5m — A jury found in 2023 that Trump sexually abused Carroll in 1996 and awarded her $5 million; Trump later abandoned his appeals of this verdict.
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E. Jean Carroll Asks Supreme Court Not To 'Trump' Again #CrooksAndLiars
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I hope she wins big (and he loses his attempt to appeal) https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/n ov/02/e-jean-carroll-trump-supreme-court
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E. Jean Carroll hits Trump with new Supreme Court plea: Do not 'bail out this president' #RawStory
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E. Jean Carroll is urging the Supreme Court to reject President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn the $83.3 million judgment a unanimous jury awarded her nearly three years ago.