Trump Seeks to Block $83 Million Payment to E. Jean Carroll Pending Supreme Court Appeal

Donald Trump's attorney filed a motion with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals requesting a stay of the $83.3 million defamation judgment awarded to E. Jean Carroll. The filing seeks to temporarily block Carroll from collecting the award while Trump prepares to appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. While seeking a stay pending appeal is a standard legal procedure, this represents the latest in Trump's multi-year effort to delay payment of damages for defaming Carroll after she accused him of sexual abuse. The maneuver follows the appeals court's rejection of Trump's request for a full court rehearing and continues a documented pattern of using all available procedural mechanisms to postpone accountability for adverse judicial findings.