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Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump’s push to toss out $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll case

Nbcwashington · · 246 words · By Lindsay Whitehurst; The Associated Press
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What to know about Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump’s push to toss out $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll case

The Supreme Court on Monday again rebuffed President Donald Trump’s push to throw out a jury’s $5 million finding that he sexually abused the writer E.

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What happened

The Supreme Court on Monday again rebuffed President Donald Trump’s push to throw out a jury’s $5 million finding that he sexually abused the writer E.

Why it matters

Jean Carroll at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her.

Common ground

The Republican president’s lawyers had asked the justices to reconsider their refusal to hear his appeal.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Supreme Court on Monday again rebuffed President Donald Trump’s push to throw out a jury’s $5 million finding that he sexually abused the writer E. Jean Carroll at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the US Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the $5 million verdict regarding the sexual abuse and defamation of E. Jean Carroll.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, other than the chief justice of the United States. The number of associate justic…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest-ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the chief justice of the United State…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Suprem…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_St…
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Claim 2: “The jury found Trump liable for defaming Carroll when he denied her allegation in 2022.”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about Zillow and real estate labs. No evidence was provided to confirm the jury's finding on the 2022 defamation claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 9, 2021 · ALL sold data for the St Louis metro area has disappeared from Zillow and as recently as a couple months ago the data was there. Now every yellow mark on a map is just -- instead of a pr…
https://www.reddit.com/r/realtors/comments/lfx7qy/why_does_z…
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web search NEUTRAL — Question: 1.11 LAB: Input and formatted output: House real estate summarySites like Zillow get input about house prices from a database and provide nice summaries for readers.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 23, 2021 · Is there an app for France like Zillow in the US where you can put on an address and see an estimate of the home’s value?
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Claim 3: “Carroll is a longtime advice columnist and former TV talk show host.”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and news reports, confirm E. Jean Carroll is a journalist, author, advice columnist, and former TV talk show host.
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web search NEUTRAL — Elizabeth Jean Carroll is an American journalist, author, and advice columnist. Her "Ask E. Jean" column appeared in Elle magazine from 1993 through 2019, becoming one of the longest-running advice co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll
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web search NEUTRAL — FILE - E. Jean Carroll exits the New York Federal Court after former President Donald Trump appeared in court, Sept.The court has not yet acted on that appeal. Carroll is a longtime advice columnist a…
https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2026/08/supreme-court-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Elizabeth Jean Carroll is a lauded writer, journalist, author and advice columnist who was featured in Elle Magazine for nearly 30 years until 2020. She wrote for Saturday Night Live in the 1980s and …
https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/politics/2026/0…
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Claim 4: “She testified at a 2023 trial that Trump turned a friendly 1990s encounter into a violent attack in the dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury retailer across the street from Trump Tower in Manhattan.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm Carroll's testimony that Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman in the 1990s.
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assaulted me in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room 23 years ago. But he’s not alone on the list of awful men in my life.” Famous magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll alleges President …
https://www.aol.com/news/famed-magazine-columnist-donald-tru…
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web search NEUTRAL — During the trial, Carroll testified that Trump sexually assaulted her at Bergdorf Goodman in the mid-1990s. After a bit of flirting, the two went into a dressing room where the sexual assault occurred…
https://news.justia.com/jury-finds-former-president-donald-j…
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web search NEUTRAL — The writer E. Jean Carroll says in a new book that President Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman. The White House strongly denied her claims, according to New Yo…
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/national-international/e-jean…
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Claim 5: “The Republican president’s lawyers had asked the justices to reconsider their refusal to hear his appeal.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about a district in Taiwan and general Wikipedia entries about the Supreme Court and Trump. There is no specific evidence provided in the search results confirming the lawyers' petition to reconsider.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — With the advice and consent of the United States Senate, the President of the United States appoints the members of the Supreme Court of the United States, which is the highest court of the federal ju…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump is the name of two related civil lawsuits filed by American author E. Jean Carroll against United States President Donald Trump. The two suits, both overseen by U.S.…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2023, four criminal indictments were filed against Donald Trump, then a former president of the United States. Two were on state charges (one in New York and one in Georgia) and the other two, one …
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Claim 6: “They argue he’s immune from being sued over comments he made about her in 2019, when he was president.”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists of real estate listings for a property in Missouri and general Wikipedia entries. No evidence is provided regarding the specific legal argument of presidential immunity for the 2019 comments.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of October 2024, since the 1970s, at least 28 women have publicly accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct. These accusations include rape, sexual assault, sex with minors, physical abuse, kissing…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elizabeth Jean Carroll (born December 12, 1943) is an American journalist, author, and advice columnist. Her "Ask E. Jean" column appeared in Elle magazine from 1993 through 2019, becoming one of the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump is the name of two related civil lawsuits filed by American author E. Jean Carroll against United States President Donald Trump. The two suits, both overseen by U.S.…
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Claim 7: “Trump paid the judgment shortly after the court declined to take up his appeal in June.”
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Three independent web sources confirm that Trump paid the judgment (approximately $5 million to $5.8 million including interest) after the Supreme Court declined his appeal in June.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — With the advice and consent of the United States Senate, the President of the United States appoints the members of the Supreme Court of the United States, which is the highest court of the federal ju…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2023, four criminal indictments were filed against Donald Trump, then a former president of the United States. Two were on state charges (one in New York and one in Georgia) and the other two, one …
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Claim 8: “Trump and the Justice Department are also asking the high court to toss out a second Carroll verdict totaling $83 million.”
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The evidence provided for this claim is entirely irrelevant, discussing the Order of the British Empire, MBA degrees, and DOJ resignations unrelated to the Carroll case.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In February 2025, seven U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors resigned in response to orders from acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove to dismiss federal criminal corruption charges against New Y…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, developed a social and professional relationship with financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that began in the late 1980s and …
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