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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸

@gtconway.bsky.social

From Trump’s deposition in the E. Jean Carroll case

July 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM

Joyce White Vance

@joycewhitevance.bsky.social

Affirmed: The E. Jean Carroll Case. Read here to find a hat you need to know about the opinion in brief. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Affirmed: E. Jean Carroll Case

I asked Robbie Kaplan, the lawyer who tried the case, how she felt after learning that the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the $83.3 million verdict a jury awarded E.

open.substack.com

September 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM

Angry

@angrystaffer.bsky.social

SCOTUS declines to hear E Jean Carroll case, meaning Trump has to pay her $5 million.

Boom. Give her her damn money.

June 29, 2026 at 1:48 PM

Kevin M. Kruse

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Since Trump is out here denying he is a rapist, a reminder that a judge said he absolutely was one

Judge in E. Jean Carroll Case: Yes, Donald Trump Is a Rapist

A judge rejected Trump’s semantic attempt to throw out the case.

newrepublic.com

April 27, 2026 at 12:39 AM

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸

@gtconway.bsky.social

"A panel of judges on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied Trump's request to have Justice Department lawyers argue in his appeal of columnist E. Jean Carroll's defamation case against Trump."
abcnews.go.com/US/appeals-c...

Appeals court says DOJ cannot represent Trump in appeal of E. Jean Carroll case

Taxpayers will not be paying for President Trump's ongoing appeal of the $83 million defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll, an appeals court has ruled.

abcnews.go.com

June 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM

Joyce White Vance

@joycewhitevance.bsky.social

The smartest legal community on Substack is unpacking this decision with me—join the conversation joycevance.substack.com/p/affirmed-e...

Affirmed: E. Jean Carroll Case

I asked Robbie Kaplan, the lawyer who tried the case, how she felt after learning that the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the $83.3 million verdict a jury awarded E.

joycevance.substack.com

September 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM

Kyle Griffin

@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

Reuters: JUDGE AUTHORIZES PAYMENT OF $5 MILLION AWARD TO E. JEAN CARROLL IN TRUMP CASE -FILING

July 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM

Jen Taub

@jentaub.bsky.social

Donald slammed by appellate court in E. Jean Carroll case. Read decision here

December 30, 2024 at 3:56 PM

NY Times Pitchbot

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

Donald Trump has lost his appeal in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case. Here's why that's bad news for Joe Biden.

December 30, 2024 at 6:33 PM

Morgan Fairchild

@morgfair.bsky.social

BREAKING: Trump Just Paid E. Jean Carroll $5,625,005.48 For Sexual Abuse-Defamation Case
open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

BREAKING: Trump Just Paid E. Jean Carroll $5,625,005.48 For Sexual Abuse-Defamation Case

No, He Didn't Use Trump Coins

open.substack.com

July 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Chris Geidner

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

UPDATE: "Case Assigned to Chief Judge James E. Boasberg."

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Mar 25

BREAKING: @weareoversight.bsky.social sues the Trump administration's Signal gang regarding @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social's story in @theatlantic.com on Monday, alleging violations of the Federal Records And and Administrative Procedure Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
AMERICAN OVERSIGHT,
1030 15th Street NW, B255
Washington, DC 20005,
Plaintiff,
V.
PETE HEGSETH, in his official capacity as
Secretary of Defense,
1600 Pentagon 3E788
Washington, DC 20301-1600,
TULSI GABBARD, in her official capacity as Director of National Intelligence, Washington, DC 20511,
JOHN L. RATCLIFFE, in his official capacity as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency,
1000 Colonial Farm Dr.
McLean, VA 22101,
SCOTT BESSENT, in his official capacity as
Secretary of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20220,
MARCO A. RUBIO, in his official capacities as Secretary of State and Acting Archivist of the United States,
2201 C St. NW
Washington, DC 20520,
and
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION,
700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20408,
Case No. 1:25-cv-883
Defendants.

COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
This action arises from Defendants' failure to meet their obligations under the
Federal Records Act regarding messages from a group-chat discussion of planned and active military operations from March 11, 2025, through March 15, 2025, on the messaging application
Signal, which can be set up to automatically delete messages.
Plaintiff American Oversight brings this action under the Federal Records Act
("FRA"), 44 U.S.C. §§ 3101 et seq., and the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"), 5 U.S.C.
§§ 701 et seq., to prevent the unlawful destruction of federal records and to compel Defendants to fulfill their legal obligations to preserve and recover federal records created through unauthorized use of Signal for sensitive national security decision-making.

Case 1:25-cv-00883 Document 1 Filed 03/25/25

Issue emergency injunctive relief and a permanent injunction ordering Defendants
to comply with their respective duties under the FRA and APA, including by referring the matter
to the Attorney General for enforcement of the FRA, preservation of records, recovery of
unlawfully removed records, and the recovery or restoration of any deleted or destroyed materials
to the extent possible;

Issue emergency injunctive relief and a permanent injunction ordering Defendants to preserve all materials relating to Plaintiff's claims under the FRA;

March 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM

Mrs. Betty Bowers

@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

I guess Candace Owens didn't learn this lesson from the E. Jean Carroll case: It's not smart to republish actionable defamation.

July 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM

Glenn Kirschner

@glennkirschner.bsky.social

Supreme Court REFUSES to Take Up $5 Million E. Jean Carroll Win. Case Permanently CLOSED!
youtu.be/mg8Z0isx0-U?...

Supreme Court REFUSES to Take Up $5 Million E. Jean Carroll Win. Case Permanently CLOSED!

YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner

youtu.be

August 18, 2026 at 1:36 AM

Kyle Cheney

@kyledcheney.bsky.social

I get the funny feeling the Supreme Court is not eager to take up President Trump's appeal in the E. Jean Carroll case. www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx...

April 22, 2026 at 10:10 PM

Ben Meiselas

@meiselasb.bsky.social

Judge Lewis Kaplan said the following in two separate orders in the E Jean Carroll case:

December 15, 2024 at 1:47 AM

Ron Filipkowski

@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

That’s the end of line for Trump on the Carroll case. meidasnews.com/news/supreme...

Supreme Court declines to hear Trump's appeal in E. Jean Carroll case

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear President Donald Trump's appeal of the civil verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming

meidasnews.com

June 29, 2026 at 1:43 PM

Kat 🕊️

@smith83k.bsky.social

E. Jean Carroll receives $5.6M from Trump in sex abuse, defamation case: Court filing

www.cnbc.com/2026/07/14/t...

E. Jean Carroll receives $5.6M from Trump in sex abuse, defamation case: Court filing

www.cnbc.com

July 14, 2026 at 3:07 PM

Allison Gill

@muellershewrote.com

Don’t forget: Trump already tried to sue a woman in 2023 for calling him a rapist, and a judge threw the case out. The woman he tried to sue? E Jean Carroll. 😂