E. Jean Carroll challenges Donald Trump’s attempt to delay payment of $83.3 million judgment in defamation case, saying the former president has “no basis” to withhold payment he claimed.
On Thursday, Carroll’s lawyers argued that there was no legal basis for Trump to demand delayed payments to Carroll. Her lawyers also argued that Trump did not provide additional information about how or when Carroll would be paid.
“President Trump’s argument for this extraordinary relief is, after all, a ‘trust me.’ He has provided no information about the nature or location of his finances or assets. He did not say what percentage of his assets were liquid, nor did he explain how Carroll would collect them. read 36 page opposition document.
“He simply asks the court to ‘trust me’ and offers the court filings that amount to paper napkins in a case that resulted in an $83.3 million judgment against him. Signed by the least trustworthy of borrowers. ”, the document continues.
The latest opposition was in response to a motion by Trump’s lawyers to delay payments to Carroll.
On Friday, President Trump asked Judge Lewis Kaplan to allow him to delay paying Carroll without posting bail, which is required to appeal the sentence. Newsweek reported.
In New York State, you must pay 110% of the judgment amount to appeal a civil case. In Trump’s case, that means posting more than $91 million in cash bail.
After Kaplan rejected a motion for a mistrial in early February, Trump had until March 8 to pay Carroll or post bail.
A federal judge ruled that the issues surrounding Trump’s sentencing lacked “merit.”
A New York City jury ruled in January that President Trump must pay Carroll for defamatory comments he made against her in 2019, alleging that Trump sexually abused her. did.
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President Trump immediately denounced the ruling on his social media platform Truth Social, calling it “absolutely ridiculous.”
“I completely disagree with both rulings and intend to appeal the entire Biden-led witch hunt focused on me and the Republican Party. Our legal system is out of control and being used as a political weapon. Yes,” President Trump wrote.
It’s unclear how the former president will cover the mounting legal fines. In addition to paying Carroll $83.3 million, Trump also owes $454 million for inflating his assets on government documents, according to a New York fraud trial verdict.
