Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Request to Overturn E. Jean Carroll Verdict

On Monday, the Supreme Court declined President Donald Trump’s request to review a 2023 verdict that found him liable for sexually assaulting and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. Trump is legally required to pay Carroll the $5 million, as directed in 2023. On his Truth Social account, Trump posted, “Surprisingly, the Supreme Court declined to ‘review’ a Fake Case brought against me by a…
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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Alex Jones’s Sandy Hook Defamation Challenges

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from far right podcaster and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who was seeking an appeal of a $1.4 billion judgment against him after he lost a defamation lawsuit brought by family members of victims of the Sandy Hook shooting of 2012. Jones and his legal team submitted a writ of certiorari to the high court last week, arguing that his past…
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