Donald Trump on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to once again step into his messy legal brawl with magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, appealing an $83.3 million jury verdict for defamation on the grounds that, as president, he is immune from the litigation.

The appeal, which has not yet been docketed at the high court, relies heavily on the court’s 2024 decision granting the president wide immunity for actions taken in office.

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    10 days ago

    He is enriching himself on the back of the american taxpayers by the hundreds of millions, if not billions, and he is still too cheap to pay off a court ordered amount. I hope this doesn’t become a pattern. /s