Supreme Court Denies Trump Rehearing in E. Jean Carroll Case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, August 17, 2026, denied President Donald Trump's request to reconsider its earlier refusal to hear his appeal of a $5 million civil judgment against him in the E. Jean Carroll case. The decision, issued in an unsigned order with no noted dissents, leaves intact the jury's finding that Trump was liable for sexually abusing the writer in the 1990s and defaming her decades later.

The court's action marks the second time this summer the justices have rejected Trump's bid to overturn the verdict. The Supreme Court initially declined to hear the appeal in late June 2026. Trump's legal team subsequently filed a petition for rehearing, an unusual and rarely successful move asking the court to rethink its decision. The denial on Monday closes this avenue of challenge for the president regarding this specific judgment.

The case stems from a 2023 federal trial in New York. Carroll, a longtime advice columnist and former television host, testified that Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan in the mid-1990s. The jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and also determined he defamed Carroll in...