The legal saga surrounding author and longtime advice columnist E. Jean Carroll and President Donald Trump just took another dramatic turn — and it could delay Carroll’s massive courtroom payday for much longer than Democrats and anti-Trump activists hoped.
In a development that is already sending shockwaves through political and legal circles, a federal appeals court has reportedly ruled that Trump will not immediately have to hand over the staggering $83 million judgment awarded to Carroll while his legal team seeks review from the U.S. Supreme Court.
The decision marks yet another hurdle in a case conservatives have blasted from the beginning as politically motivated “lawfare” aimed at financially and politically crippling the president ahead of a critical election season.
Carroll was awarded the eye-popping sum in January 2024 after a New York jury found Trump civilly liable for defamation connected to allegations stemming from an alleged encounter in a Manhattan department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.
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