Donald Trump will ask the Supreme Court to throw out a jury’s finding in a civil lawsuit that he sexually abused E Jean Carroll, a journalist.

The US president was found liable for the abuse, which is said to have taken place at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s. He was also found to have later defamed Ms Carroll after she came forward about the incident.

Mr Trump’s lawyers previewed the move as they asked the court to extend its deadline for challenging the verdict, which resulted in a $5m (£4.3m) damages award to Ms Carroll, from Sept 10 to Nov 11.

The president “intends to seek review” of “significant issues” arising from the trial, and the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals’ subsequent decisions upholding the verdict, his lawyers said.