Overview
- Trump’s legal team submitted a 33-page petition on Monday asking the justices to review the civil judgment, and the filing has not yet appeared on the Supreme Court’s public docket.
- The appeal argues Judge Lewis A. Kaplan wrongly allowed testimony from two other accusers and the 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape, which Trump’s lawyers say unfairly prejudiced the jury.
- The $5 million verdict was upheld by a 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in December 2024, and the court denied Trump’s request for full-court rehearing in June.
- It remains unclear whether the Supreme Court will take the case, though outlets report the justices could consider the petition at a closed-door conference later this term.
- Separate litigation produced an $83.3 million defamation award that an appellate panel has also affirmed, and the Justice Department filed an amicus brief supporting review of a question about potential waiver of presidential immunity.