President Trump on Monday petitioned the Supreme Court to review the $5 million civil verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll.

The big picture: Trump has repeatedly fought the ruling, claiming that multiple lawsuits against him are politically motivated — but this marks the first time the case has made its way to the Supreme Court. • A federal appeals court last year upheld the jury's verdict, confirming the president must pay Carroll in compensatory and punitive damages for defaming her in his statements. • Her attorney told Axios in September that the court affirmed that "E. Jean Carroll was telling the truth, and that President Donald Trump was not."

Zoom in: "There were no eyewitnesses, no video evidence, and no police report or inve

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