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President Donald Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision rejecting his appeal of the $5 million civil judgment awarded to writer E. Jean Carroll, a request filed after the justices turned away the case last week.
The court denied Trump’s petition June 29 without taking up the case, leaving in place the judgment tied to a 2023 jury verdict that found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the 1990s and defaming her. Trump has denied Carroll’s allegations.
In the rehearing petition, Trump’s lawyers argue the court should reopen the case because he plans to file a separate Supreme Court appeal in another Carroll defamation case that they say will raise presidential immunity questions.
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President Donald Trump and E. Jean Carroll. (Getty Images)
They asked the justices to "grant rehearing" or hold the petition while the related case proceeds.
"Petitioner President Donald J. Trump respectfully petitions for rehearing of this Court’s June 29, 2026 order denying his petition for a writ of certiorari," the Michael Martinich-Sauter filing read. "Rehearing is warranted because President Trump will imminently file a petition for a writ of certiorari in Carroll v. Trump, No. 24-644 (2d Cir.) ("Carroll I"), which will present vital questions concerning Presidential immunity for official statements.
"Those questions are likely to bear on the proper disposition of Trump v. Carroll, No. 25-573 ("Carroll II"), due to the fact that Respondent improperly introduced and relied on those same official Presidential statements at trial in Carroll II. See Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. 593, 630-32 (2024).
"The Court should grant rehearing, and either grant the petition in this case, or hold it pending the disposition of the petition in Carroll I."
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The request faces steep odds. Supreme Court rules limit rehearing petitions after the denial of certiorari to intervening circumstances with a substantial or controlling effect, or other substantial grounds not previously presented.
The Supreme Court docket shows Trump’s first rehearing filing was not accepted Monday because a correction was needed.
The corrected petition was submitted Wednesday. The court has not yet ruled on the rehearing request.
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A decision could come later this month, perhaps as soon as July 20.
Fox News' Shannon Bream and William Mears contributed to this report
Eric Mack is a breaking news reporter and writer Sunday through Thursday, 6 a.m. ET to 2 p.m. ET, with a particular interest in stories that lead the news cycle on politics, elections, foreign affairs and government.
