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

What happened

According to The Guardian’s linked source, Trump tries again to delay $5m sexual abuse payout to E Jean Carroll, Lawyers file request days after US supreme court declined to hear an appeal, with payout topping $5.8m with interest 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. Continue reading…

Context

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What to watch

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Source

Primary source: Trump tries again to delay $5m sexual abuse payout to E Jean Carroll via The Guardian. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.