Court smacks down Trump's immunity appeal demand in E. Jean Carroll civil case

A high court denied former President Donald Trump's demand to re-hear his civil immunity claim in the case of E. Jean Carroll, the former journalist he's been found liable of defaming, reported Politico's Kyle Cheney on Wednesday.

Trump was seeking from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit a so-called en banc hearing, in which every judge on the circuit reconsiders the decision of a three-judge panel.

The single-page ruling denying Trump's request did not elaborate or provide a detailed explanation.

The former president has been claiming immunity in various cases.

A similar claim was recently rejected in a civil suit brought against Trump by Capitol Police officers who were injured in the January 6 attack, as well as Democratic lawmakers whose lives were endangered.

Trump has also claimed criminal immunity in the 2020 election conspiracy case brought by special counsel Jack Smith, and all proceedings in that trial are on hold until the matter is resolved.

The Carroll case is the latest in a series of litigation brought by the former advice columnist, who maintains Trump sexually abused her in a New York City department store in the late 1990s.

A jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation in the amount of $5 million in damages, after the former president denied Carroll's story and cast aspersions on her character.

Carroll is currently suing Trump for a second round of defamation.