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Anna Betts

US supreme court again rejects Trump’s bid to overturn E Jean Carroll verdict

a woman in a blue coat and sunglasses looks off to the side
Writer E Jean Carroll leaves the second US circuit court of appeals, in Manhattan, New York, on 6 September 2024. Photograph: Adam Gray/Reuters

The US supreme court has rejected for a second time Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn a jury verdict in 2023 that found him liable for sexually ​abusing writer E Jean Carroll, and later defaming her.

The court announced the decision in an unsigned order on Monday, without providing an explanation of their decision. The order just listed the US president’s petition, along with several other petitions, under “rehearings denied”.

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