The high court will review the president's petition at a closed-door meeting on Feb. 20.
The United States Supreme Court updated its docket Wednesday to consider whether to take up President Donald Trump's request for a review of the jury verdict in writer E. Jean Carroll's civil battery and defamation case next month.
The high court will review the president's petition at a closed-door meeting on Feb. 20, where they will also review dozens of other requests, according to The Hill. The majority of petitions that reach the Supreme Court are dismissed.
The petition comes after Trump attempted to appeal the verdict in lower courts, which found him liable for sexually assaulting Carroll and defamation, but did not find that the president raped her. He was ordered to pay $5 million.
Trump has repeatedly denied the sexual abuse and rape allegations, which date back to the 1990s.
Trump’s personal attorneys argued in their final brief Wednesday that it is “deeply damaging to the fabric of our Republic” for the president to have to continue fighting “against decades-old, false allegations and the myriad wrongs throughout this baseless case. This mistreatment of a President cannot be allowed to stand."
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