Trump tries again to delay $5m sexual abuse payout to E Jean Carroll

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: The Guardian

Lawyers for Donald Trump have requested more time to pay a $5m civil judgment to magazine columnist E Jean Carroll from 2023, days after the US supreme court declined to hear an appeal.

In a new filing, the president’s attorney said that since his former lead counsel, Justin Smith, took up a position as a federal judge last month (a post he was nominated to by Trump), his new lead counsel, Josh Halpern, needed more time “to become completely familiar with the facts and procedural circumstances” of the case.
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In a response, Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, countered that Trump’s request for an extension “appears to be little more than yet another play for time”.

Kaplan said that Smith was nominated to the court of appeals more than five months ago and Trump “has had ample time to retain new counsel” and “should have been acting diligently to do that since at least February”.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/04/trump-delay-5m-payout-e-jean-carroll

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If they could harness energy from bullshit, he'd be a perpetual motion machine.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

1. Jesus fucking christ...

He’s already grifted billions more than that since squatting in the WH. Seriously, he’s the biggest fucking baby EVER.

So… was his personality more because he was both spoiled and neglected in his formative years, or because his peen is a complete innie? That MAGAt rage has to account for at least the latter. *eyeroll*

[calimary]

10. Well, seems like he's overcompensating for SOMETHING!

[OGBuzz]

2. The $5 million plus interest is sitting in an escrow account and is probably controlled by the court. The court should

release the money to E.Jean Carroll immediately. Trump is out of appeals. Oh yeah, and F*ck Trump.

[riversedge]

3. Yes, a Court made Trump do that months ago. Weird they have not released it.

[Quanto Magnus]

4. Isn't the money that is with the court

provided by some insurance company? or some other org that is covering him?

maybe I'm remembering something else, but if this is the case, they may still be trying to get the money from Trumpm before the insurance kicks in?

[Buddyzbuddy]

6. I think you might be thinking of the larger judgement, maybe $93mil?

He had to get a bond to guarantee the settlement in order to appeal it.
I think he put up the cash to cover this appeal.

[Escape]

5. This silliness will be going on for years...

She will never see a dime of the money. Our legal system is a joke.

[NJCher]

13. you would be wrong about that

the court can direct the funds be paid and they will do that at some point. If you could just play this game ad infinitum, people would do it. Trump is the only one that make an egregious asshole out of himself and who never seems to mind insulting and demeaning the courts and anyone else who has power over him.

How do I know? Practical experience. I have had money awarded to me through the courts. If there isn't money in the account, they seize the account and pay you the money when it is deposited.

[Botany]

7. He can't the SCOTUS of the United States has ruled in that he is guilty

Fuck him.

[Buddyzbuddy]

8. The SOB wormed his way into $2bil. last year but won't pay what he owes.

Scofflaw, scoundrel, conman, thief. There's your GOD MAGA Republicans.

[calimary]

9. How much you got, Donald?

Then HAND IT OVER.

[littlemissmartypants]

11. Classic Abuse Example:

Reference the Power and Control Wheel

[dave99]

12. shithead can not control ANYTHING anymore, he LOST.

Court releases the Funds to the WINNER.
Just needs to be asked and it has been asked properly by her Lawyer.



rich.little tiny dick will have to play in the corner with itself, if it can

[sop]

14. As part of his appeal Trump entered into an agreement with the court the funds would be disbursed directly to Carroll

the moment his petition before the Supreme Court was denied. Will Trump now claim he didn't agree to that?

[FakeNoose]

15. Judge Kaplan tells him to "pay up" and July 7th is the final final deadline

[onenote]

16. Wrong. The judge simply said that the deadline for Trump to file an opposition to Carroll's motion is July 7.

On June 30, Carroll filed a motion asking the court to order the disbursement of the funds owed Carroll. Under the ordinary rules, Trump would have 14 days to respond. However, Carroll simultaneously filed a motion to expedite the deadline for Trump to respond, giving him only until July 7. The judge granted that request to expedite, and Trump made a new request to reinstate the original 14 day deadline, and the judge denied that request. So the judge has not ordered the disbursement of funds on July 7 -- he has ordered Trump to file any opposition to Carroll's motion for disbursement by July 7.

[Orrex]

17. When I defaulted on my student loans, the good people at PHEAA helped themselves to my paycheck

Never mind the fact that we were below the poverty level, and I was the sole income earner for a family of four.

PHEAAA reached in and grabbed the maximum amount that they were permitted to take.

So why the fuck does Rapist47 get any say in how and when this money is paid out? The courts should seize his bank accounts, take out what he owes, and give him the remainder (less an interest rate of, say, 150% compounded daily retroactive to the initial ruling).

How is it that even when he loses, the system works so hard to let him win?

[Martin68]

18. Deadbeat.