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Supreme Court Again Rebuffs Trump’s Push to Toss Out $5 Million Verdict in E. Jean Carroll Case

It’s unusual — although not unheard of — for the court to grant such requests. Trump paid the judgment shortly after the court declined to take up his appeal in June.