President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to throw out an $83.3 million defamation judgment the writer E. Jean Carroll won against him.
NYTimes – US Move marks second time US president has asked supreme court justices to nix damages awarded by a jury to Carroll Donald Trump and the justice department are asking the US supreme court to toss an $83m defamation verdict won by writer E Jean Carroll after she accused him of sexual assault, saying he cannot be sued for comments he made while he was president. It is the second time Trump has asked the justices to nix d…
Move marks second time US president has asked supreme court justices to nix damages awarded by a jury to Carroll Donald Trump and the justice department are asking the US supreme court to toss an $83m defamation verdict won by writer E Jean Carroll after she accused him of sexual assault, saying he cannot be sued for comments he made while he was president. It is the second time Trump has asked the justices to nix d…
The appeal was filed electronically and is expected to be formally docketed with the court later on Wednesday.
NYTimes – US President Trump paid E. Jean Carroll more than $5 million from a 2023 lawsuit, but he is now asking the court to overturn a much larger award that a jury ordered him to pay in 2024 for defaming her.
NPR – Politics Dr. Anthony Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions during a contentious U.S. Senate hearing on the origins of COVID-19 and the pandemic response. The hearing featured a long-running clash between Fauci and Republican Sen. Rand Paul, who has accused Fauci of funding research that triggered the pandemic and lying to Congress—charges Fauci denies. Republicans threatened repercussions after his refusal to testify.
NYTimes – US The U.S. Senate confirmed Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence, placing him atop the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Democrats raised concerns that he could politicize intelligence at President Trump's direction, and support eroded after Clayton declined to clearly state that Joseph R. Biden Jr. won the 2020 election. He succeeds Bill Pulte.
