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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST<\/strong><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014\u00a0The Supreme Court\u00a0on Monday rejected a push by President Donald Trump to\u00a0throw out\u00a0a jury\u2019s finding that he sexually abused the writer\u00a0E. Jean Carroll\u00a0at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her.<\/p>\n

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The high court declined to take up the case in a brief, unexplained order, as is typical. There were no noted dissents.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s lawyers had argued that allegations leading to the $5 million verdict were propped up by \u201chighly inflammatory\u201d evidentiary rulings, including those that allowed the testimony of two other women who accused Trump of sexual abuse decades ago. Trump has denied all three women\u2019s allegations.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s attorneys argued the judge broke federal evidence rules in the case. They framed it as a distraction from Trump\u2019s unique duties as president, though the verdict came before his return to the White House.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis mistreatment of a President cannot be allowed to stand,\u201d Attorney Justin D. Smith wrote in court documents. Trump, a Republican, has since\u00a0nominated Smith\u00a0to be an appeals court judge.<\/p>\n

The decision comes as the court hands down opinions in the biggest cases of the term, many key to Trump\u2019s agenda. Trump has publicly vented his frustration with Supreme Court losses in highly personal terms before, including unusual and highly personal criticism when the majority\u00a0struck down global tariffs\u00a0he imposed under an emergency powers law.<\/p>\n

Carroll\u2019s lawyers had urged the justices to pass on the case. They argued that the women\u2019s testimony was relevant because the allegations were similar and that Judge Lewis Kaplan\u2019s decisions were in line with others around the country. \u201cThis question is not worthy of review,\u201d wrote attorney Roberta Kaplan, who is not related to the judge.<\/p>\n

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Carroll, a longtime advice columnist and former TV talk show host, testified at a 2023 trial that Trump turned a friendly encounter in spring 1996 into a violent attack in the dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury retailer across the street from Trump Tower in Manhattan. The jury also found Trump liable for defaming Carroll when he denied her allegation in 2022.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press does not identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly, as Carroll has done.<\/p>\n

A jury also awarded Carroll an additional $83.3 million after a second defamation trial. Trump is also appealing that ruling, though it\u2019s not yet before the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

Trump has successfully fended off other\u00a0hefty court judgments, including a New York civil fraud penalty of over $500 million thrown out by a New York appeals court. The Supreme Court also granted him\u00a0broad immunity\u00a0from criminal prosecution in 2024, though it later\u00a0narrowly rejected\u00a0his bid to halt sentencing in his New York hush money case.<\/p>\n

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Follow the AP\u2019s coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court at\u00a0https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/us-supreme-court.<\/em><\/p>\n

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