Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll case(CBS NEWS) – According to CBS News, two weeks after losing a bid to avoid paying the writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million in damages for sexual abuse and defamation, President Trump has asked the Supreme Court to throw out a separate $83.3 million defamation judgment she won against him. The two judgments against Mr. Trump came in civil federal trials in 2023 and 2024. The Justice Department, which is currently led by Mr. Trump’s former criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche, supports Mr. Trump’s effort to obtain Supreme Court review of the case. Mr. Trump’s years-long efforts to overturn the two verdicts have been rejected by lower appeals and district courts. He has also asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision not to consider his appeal of the $5 million case.