Carroll’s lawyers urge the Supreme Court to uphold her $83 million verdict, arguing justices should not shield Trump from the consequences of his own litigation decisions.
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Lawyers file opposition to Trump’s request, telling supreme court justices they do not need ‘to bail out this president’E Jean Carroll’s lawyers are fighting Donald Trump’s efforts to toss her $83m damages verdict in the US supreme court, telling the justices that they do not need “to bail out this president from the consequences of his repeated litigation choices”.Jurors delivered Carroll the huge award on 26 January 2024, less than one year after the journalist and author won $5m in her sexual abuse and defamation case against Trump. The president has repeatedly denied all wrongdoing in relation to Carroll. Continue reading...
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