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Supreme Court rejects Trump’s push to toss $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case
By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press at KPRC 2 Houston / Click2Houston (NBC)
· June 29, 2026
· 3 min read
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a push by President Donald Trump 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.The high court declined to take up the case in a brief, unex...
Key takeaway Jean Carroll at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her.
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Category: business ·
Published: June 29, 2026 ·
Source: KPRC 2 Houston / Click2Houston (NBC) ·
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