Trump Loses Attempt to Delay Carroll's Payment

President Trump lost a bid this weekend to put off paying E. Jean Carroll. A federal judge in Manhattan on Saturday turned down a request from the president's lawyers for extra time to respond to Carroll's attempt to collect roughly $5.8 million from the 2023 civil case, in which a jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing her and defaming her by dismissing her account as a "con job." The Supreme Court declined to review that verdict on June 29; Carroll moved the next day to have the money, plus interest, ordered to her, while accusing Trump of dragging his feet, USA Today reports.

Trump argued he needed more time because his previous lead lawyer left after he nominated him for a federal appeals court and his new attorney required time to get up to speed. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan denied the extension in a one-line order, leaving Trump with a Tuesday deadline to respond. The money has been placed in escrow, the Guardian reports, and Trump's attorneys contend Carroll faces no real risk because the judgment is already secured. Separately, Trump is appealing a second Manhattan civil judgment that ordered him to pay Carroll $83.3 million over additional defamatory statements made in 2019.