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The $50 million judgment was slashed to just $1.5 million, which is described as a significant victory for Jones.

Alex Jones owes over $1 billion in other cases.

The original award was $49 million, but an appeals court reduced the amount to $6 million. This reduction was cited as being due to a Texas damages cap.

Trump's team argues that if the ruling stands, it will constitutionally weaken future presidents by exposing them to liability for statements made while in office.

The litigation began after New York writer E. Jean Carroll accused Trump in 2019 of sexually assaulting her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s, which Trump denied.

In May 2023, a jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and for defaming her in statements made in 2022, awarding her $5 million. In January 2024, a different jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million for Trump's 2019 statements.

Trump's lawyers argue he is entitled to presidential immunity because the comments in question were made while he was serving as president in response to reporters' questions regarding his fitness for office. They further contend that the federal appeals court in the 2nd Circuit rejected the appeal on procedural grounds without deciding whether presidential immunity applied.

Donald Trump's lawyers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an $83.3 million defamation judgment he was ordered to pay to E. Jean Carroll.