# Supreme Court refuses Trump appeal of E. Jean Carroll's $5 million civil verdict
> In Monday's orders, the justices declined without comment to hear Trump's challenge to the 2023 New York jury award; no justice noted a dissent, meaning the $5 million judgment stands and the money can be paid to Carroll

**Meta:** type: event · date: 2026-06-29 · heads: 誰が決めるのか · 4 takes · 3 lenses · 1 regions

## Summary

The [US Supreme Court](/ja/entity/supreme-court) refused on June 29 to hear [President Trump](/ja/entity/person/donald-trump)'s appeal of a 2023 federal jury verdict awarding writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million for civil battery and defamation, leaving the judgment intact. The court issued the denial in its Monday morning orders with no explanation and no noted dissent, including from the three justices Trump appointed. Trump had pre-deposited $5.5 million into a court-controlled escrow account in 2023 and the funds can now be released to Carroll. The ruling is a narrow procedural outcome: the court declined to review rather than affirming the merits, and a separate $83.3 million defamation verdict from January 2024 remains on appeal at the Second Circuit.

## Why it matters

The denial closes Trump's SCOTUS route on the $5 million verdict. Combined with the same-day ruling that the court blocked Trump from firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, the Carroll denial illustrates that even a 6-3 conservative court is not uniformly deferential to the sitting president who appointed three of its members.

## What to watch

- The $83.3 million separate Carroll defamation case pending at the Second Circuit.
- Whether the Carroll funds are released from escrow, and timing.
- How the court's mixed SCOTUS day (expanded agency power but preserved Fed and Carroll verdict) shapes Trump's second-term litigation strategy.

## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens)

### political/legal correspondent; focuses on the presidential significance and the fact that none of Trump's three court picks dissented
- **NBC News** (United States, en) — Reports the cert denial in the $5 million civil battery and defamation case, noting that Trump had previously transferred $5.5 million to a court-controlled account following the jury verdict in 2023, and that the three Trump-appointed justices did not dissent from the order.
  > "The Supreme Court declined to hear Trump's appeal on Monday; the 2023 jury verdict and $5 million civil judgment remain in place."
  Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-trump-effort-overturn-e-jean-carroll-sexual-assa-rcna256546

### emphasises Carroll's legal persistence and the broader defamation appeal still pending in lower courts
- **Washington Post** (United States, en) — Confirms the cert denial and notes that a separate $83.3 million defamation verdict from January 2024 remains on appeal at the Second Circuit, meaning Carroll's legal pursuit of Trump is not yet fully resolved.
  > "The Supreme Court let stand a $5 million civil verdict against Trump in Carroll case, with no justice noting dissent."
  Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/29/supreme-court-lets-stand-5-million-civil-verdict-against-trump-carroll-case/

### unlabelled
- **CNN Politics** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/29/politics/e-jean-carroll-trump-supreme-court
- **Bloomberg Law** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-29/supreme-court-rejects-trump-appeal-of-carroll-sex-abuse-verdict

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