President Donald Trump requested the Supreme Court docket on Monday to evaluate a $5 million civil judgment that discovered him chargeable for sexually abusing and defaming author E. Jean Carroll.
A jury in 2023 awarded the judgment after it discovered Trump liable of sexual abuse, following Carroll’s allegations that Trump assaulted her within the dressing room of a Manhattan division retailer in 1996 and later defamed her throughout his first time period by referring to her allegations as a “hoax” and a “con job.”
“There have been no eyewitnesses, no video proof, and no police report or investigation,” Trump’s legal professionals wrote of their submitting to the Supreme Court docket.
“As an alternative, Carroll waited greater than 20 years to falsely accuse Donald Trump, who she politically opposes, till after he grew to become the forty fifth president, when she may maximize political damage to him and revenue for herself,” the submitting added.
It’s unclear whether or not the excessive court docket will take up the civil case.
CNN first reported on Trump’s court docket submitting.
A spokesman for Trump’s exterior authorized workforce mentioned in an announcement on the submitting, “The American Folks stand with President Trump as they demand a right away finish to the entire Witch Hunts, together with the Democrat-funded travesty of the Carroll Hoaxes. President Trump will maintain successful towards Liberal Lawfare, as he continues to deal with his mission to Make America Nice Once more.”
Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, declined to remark to NBC Information final night time.
A federal appeals court docket final 12 months upheld the judgment after Trump argued that U.S. District Choose Lewis Kaplan, who oversaw the case, had erred in permitting testimony from two ladies — Jessica Leeds and Natasha Stoynoff — whose allegations of sexual abuse Trump has denied.
A panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court docket of Appeals present in December final 12 months that Kaplan had not “abused his discretion” by allowing their testimony.
Trump had additionally requested the appeals court docket for a rehearing of the case in June, which was denied.
Trump has repeatedly sought to have the judgments in Carroll’s instances towards him overturned. A separate enchantment that Trump filed to overturn Carroll’s $83 million defamation judgment final 12 months, in a case tied to his defamatory feedback about her whereas president and after the $5 million verdict, failed in September.
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