E. Jean Carroll’s DNA refusal tainted verdict against Trump, allies tell Supreme Court

Published December 12, 2025 11:15am ET



E. Jean Carroll‘s civil judgments against President Donald Trump should be vacated because she declined to pursue or permit DNA testing at trial that could have answered questions about what really happened decades ago, Trump allies argued in a new Supreme Court filing that sharply criticizes the trial court’s evidentiary rulings.

In an amicus brief filed with the high court on Thursday, America First Legal, a conservative legal group founded by senior Trump adviser Stephen Miller, urged the justices to review the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit’s decisions upholding two New York jury verdicts that forced Trump to pay more than $88 million in fees to the former Elle magazine columnist. The Trump-aligned group told the justices that the lower courts allowed unreliable accusations to reach jurors while blocking rebuttal evidence, including details surrounding Carroll’s claims about DNA, in ways that denied Trump a fair trial.

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