by Shireen Akram-Boshar | Jun 29, 2026 | Alan Dershowitz, defamation, Donald Trump, E. Jean Carroll, News, Sexual Assault, Supreme Court
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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by Julia Conley | May 28, 2026 | Department of Justice, doj, Donald Trump, E. Jean Carroll, News, Sexual Assault
President Donald Trump appeared to be out for what one human rights advocate called “outrageous revenge” late Wednesday as it was reported that the Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, who won two civil judgments against the president after accusing him of sexual abuse and defamation. CNN first reported that…
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by Amy Goodman | May 20, 2026 | Documentaries, Donald Trump, E. Jean Carroll, Interview, Presidential Immunity, Sexual Assault, Sexual Violence
President Donald Trump is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to toss two verdicts against him resulting from civil litigation brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. In 2019, the famous advice columnist published a memoir describing an encounter in the 1990s when she says Trump sexually assaulted her in a department store. When Trump denied the account, Carroll sued him and won $5 million in damages…
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