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Trump, DOJ ask Supreme Court to toss $83.3M defamation award to E. Jean Carroll
NBC News and WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami) describe the same event in different terms.
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As of July 29, 2026 at 2:13 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happenedThe Supreme Court recently rejected President Donald Trump's bid to hear his appeal of another $5 million verdict in favor of Carroll.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Trump Asks Supreme Court to Overturn $83.3 Million Award in Carroll Defamation Case". The center frames it as "Trump asks Supreme Court to throw out E. Jean Carroll's $83 million verdict, Axios reports".
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WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftTrump Asks Supreme Court to Overturn $83.3 Million Award in Carroll Defamation Case
New York Times Politics · Center-left · News report
CenterTrump, DOJ ask Supreme Court to toss $83.3M defamation award to E. Jean Carroll
CNBC · Center · News report
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Overturn $83.3 Million Award in Carroll Defamation Case
President Trump paid E. Jean Carroll more than $5 million from a 2023 lawsuit, but he is now asking the court to overturn a much larger award that a jury ordered him to pay in 2024 for defa...
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Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83.3 million award in Carroll defamation case
The petition is the latest turn in Trump’s continued efforts to deny Carroll’s claims and avoid two separate monetary awards that juries ordered him to pay.
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Trump asks Supreme Court to throw out E. Jean Carroll's $83 million verdict, Axios reports
WASHINGTON, July 28 - U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers are asking the Supreme Court to overturn an $83.3 million defamation judgment he was ordered to pay to writer E. Jean Carroll, Ax...
