It was sexual assault. Privilege. Trump believes no different than the other patrons of the Epstein network he is privileged and can do as he pleases with impunity.
"Just take it."
By Alison Durkee
The Supreme Court (click here) issued an order Monday saying it would not take up Trump’s appeal of the ruling in Carroll’s favor, but did not explain its decision at all or give any indication of whether any justices would have taken it up.
The Supreme Court (click here) issued an order Monday saying it would not take up Trump’s appeal of the ruling in Carroll’s favor, but did not explain its decision at all or give any indication of whether any justices would have taken it up.
A jury ruled in Carroll’s favor in 2023, finding Trump abused Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s and then defamed her when she went public with the allegations, though it declined to find him liable for rape.
That verdict was then upheld by an appeals court, which Trump asked the Supreme Court to reconsider, claiming Carroll’s claims against Trump were “implausible” and “politically motivated.”
The Supreme Court’s decision not to take up the case means Trump will have to pay Carroll the $5 million the jury awarded her in the case, as well as interest that has accrued on the judgment.
The case is separate from Carroll’s other defamation case against Trump, in which she was awarded $83.3 million for Trump defaming her, though the president has suggested he could also ask the high court to take up that case after an appeals court upheld the ruling.
Trump’s legal team decried the Carroll case as a “witch hunt” Monday and said in a statement the president “will keep winning against Liberal Lawfare.”...
