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
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Summary
The US Supreme Court refused on June 29 to hear President 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.