E. Jean Carroll, in her Supreme Court brief, says the Court should not bail Trump out of the consequences of his litigation choices
E. Jean CarrollRespondent, in a brief filed by her lawyers at Kaplan Martin
Carroll's brief asks the Court to deny both petitions, saying Trump renounced presidential immunity at the start of the case and that the Court should not grant review to bail him out of the consequences of his repeated litigation choices.
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Trump's June 2019 statements denying E. Jean Carroll's allegation, made from the White House in response to press questions, were official acts protected by presidential immunity, and he never forfeited or waived that immunity.
“Nor should this Court grant certiorari to bail out this President from the consequences of his repeated litigation choices.”
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Trump asks the Supreme Court to overturn E. Jean Carroll's $83.3 million defamation verdict on immunity grounds; Carroll says he waived that defense
Trump and the Justice Department ask the Supreme Court to review the $83.3 million judgment over his 2019 statements about E. Jean Carroll, citing presidential immunity and the Westfall Act. Carroll says Trump gave up his immunity defense years ago.
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E. Jean Carroll's consolidated brief opposing both petitions, filed by her lawyers at Kaplan Martin, led by Roberta A. Kaplan. It argues that Trump disavowed presidential immunity at the start of the case and litigated for three years without raising it, that his statements about her are not protected official acts, and that neither he nor the government could seek Westfall Act substitution after trial.
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The brief says there is no need for the Court to take the case to protect the institution of the presidency or future presidents and other high-ranking officials, as the Justice Department's petition argues.
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The brief adds that for seven years, through five appeals, eight stay motions and six days of trial, Carroll has litigated the case in the face of Trump's accusations and thousands of threats from his followers, and asks the Court not to drag it out further.
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The reference point is Trump's June 2019 statements denying Carroll's allegation, which a jury found defamatory, and his bid to escape the $83.3 million judgment for them through presidential immunity or substitution of the United States as defendant. Carroll's brief describes the 2019 statements as false statements that maligned her character and threatened her safety, and opposes Trump's effort to avoid the judgment as a bid to be bailed out of his own litigation choices.
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