{"id":29769,"date":"2026-02-13T14:57:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=29769"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:57:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:57:51","slug":"trump-asks-supreme-court-to-overturn-e-jean-carroll-verdict-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=29769","title":{"rendered":"Trump Asks Supreme Court To Overturn E. Jean Carroll Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"container fullwidth-entry-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"container-wrapper fullwidth-entry-title\">\n<header class=\"entry-header-outer\">\n<div class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"single-post-meta post-meta clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container fullwidth-featured-area-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/supreme-court-trump.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/supreme-court-trump.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/supreme-court-trump-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/supreme-court-trump-1024x532.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/supreme-court-trump-768x399.jpg 768w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/supreme-court-trump-1536x798.jpg 1536w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"831\" data-main-img=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"single-caption-text\">\u00a0Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content container\">\n<div id=\"main-content-row\" class=\"tie-row main-content-row\">\n<div class=\"main-content tie-col-md-8 tie-col-xs-12\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"the-post\" class=\"container-wrapper post-content tie-standard\">\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>This article may contain commentary<br \/>\nwhich reflects the author\u2019s opinion.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ns-buttons ns-inline large ns-no-print\">\n<div class=\"ns-buttons-wrapper ns-align-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a civil verdict that found he sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div id=\"e1c09a52-67a1-44a3-a58e-fc2bf67380c6\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The case, which has drawn national attention, raises questions about the limits of presidential accountability and the evidentiary standards used in politically charged civil trials, Newsweek\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll, a longtime advice columnist and former television host, accused Trump of assaulting her in a Manhattan department store dressing room in 1996 and defaming her when he denied the allegation decades later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>A Manhattan jury in 2023 awarded Carroll $5 million after concluding that Trump was legally responsible for the alleged abuse and his public denials in 2022. An appeals court upheld the verdict in December 2024, prompting Trump\u2019s legal team to seek intervention from the nation\u2019s highest court.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s attorneys, led by St. Louis-based lawyer Justin D. Smith, described Carroll\u2019s claims as a \u201cpolitically motivated hoax,\u201d according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump has clearly and consistently denied that this supposed incident ever occurred,\u201d Smith and co-counsel wrote, the AP reported. \u201cNo physical or DNA evidence corroborates Carroll\u2019s story. There were no eyewitnesses, no video evidence, and no police report or investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1988067057938616672&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Ftrump-e-j-96602%2F&amp;sessionId=a2172fa4a5825265f4cc986c551f1387404c705e&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1988067057938616672\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\"><\/div>\n<p>Civil rights attorney Areva Martin posted on X: \u201cE. Jean Carroll did what millions of survivors are told is \u2018impossible\u2019\u2014she took on one of the most powerful men in the world and won. That victory stands, no matter how many appeals he files.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court has not yet decided whether to take up the case. If it declines to hear the appeal, the verdict and financial penalties against Trump will remain in place.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll said in Septeber that she believes President Donald Trump might have persuaded at least one juror to avoid finding him liable for battery and defamation if he had testified in the first civil trial she brought against him.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll sued Trump for rape and defamation, alleging he assaulted her in a Manhattan Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s. In May 2023, a jury found Trump liable for battery and defamation\u2014but not rape. During a joint Substack livestream with former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance, Carroll expressed her view that the jury\u2019s composition could have favored Trump had he taken the stand, the Daily Caller reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, without pulling any punches \u2014 me to you, Joyce \u2026 This is the first trial. Trump was out on that golf course in Doonbeg, Ireland, saying, \u2018Oh, I got to go back because this woman I\u2019ve never met.\u2019 And [attorney Joe] Tacopina talked him into not coming,\u201d Carroll said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he had come to court, of course [lawyer] Robbie Kaplan would have cross-examined him for about seven hours, and he probably would not have survived that,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Trump \u2026 convinced half the nation to vote for him for president. They tried to impeach him twice and yet he came back. He was running in first place for president when Tacopina talked him out of it. I think if he had come back and gone on the stand, I think he could have convinced one juror,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne juror. And I think he could have hung the jury. There were several people on our jury from upstate New York, which is Trump country. Remember, this was not a Manhattan jury. This was an upstate, upper-county \u2014 Orange County, by the way is Trump,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Spectrum News 1, Donald Trump won Orange County by more than 8% against former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we did not have a liberal, avocado-toast-eatin\u2019 jury. We had an upstate, Trump-favoring jury \u2026 I think if he had come back and sat through the eight hours of Robbie Kaplan\u2019s cross-examination \u2014 if he had lived through that \u2014 I think he could have convinced one juror,\u201d Carroll added. \u201cAnd I think he could have hung it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Getty Images This article may contain commentary which reflects the author\u2019s opinion. 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