Published on
29/07/2026 - 19:35 GMT+2
US President Donald Trump and the Justice Department are asking the Supreme Court to overturn an $83 million (€71 million) defamation verdict won by writer E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of sexual assault.
Trump has long argued he cannot be sued over comments he made about Carroll during his first term where he disavowed knowing her and attacked her motivations for going public with her story in a recent memoir.
The Justice Department says the Westfall Act shields government employees from lawsuits over actions taken as part of their official duties, while Trump's lawyers argued that presidential immunity shields him from the €71 million award because he made the statements while serving as president in 2019.
