E. Jean Carroll departs from her defamation trial against former President Donald Trump at New York Federal Court on Jan. 16, 2024, in New York City. In his petition to the Supreme Court, Trump argued that he is immune from liability for statements he made while in office and accused a federal appeals court of refusing to recognize it. “The Second Circuit instead engaged in procedural contortions to avoid addressing Presidential immunity,” Trump’s petition said. The circuit court, in its ruling, blamed Trump for failing to raise his immunity argument in a timely fashion. Carroll’s attorneys declined to comment on Trump’s latest petition to the Supreme Court.