Trump asks judge not to order release of $5.8m payment to E Jean Carroll

Trump’s request stems from the supreme court’s 29 June decision not to review his appeal US judge orders release of $5.8m Trump owes E Jean Carroll after court loss Donald Trump’s latest effort to delay the release of more than $5m in court-held funds that he owes E Jean Carroll failed on Wednesday. The US president asked Manhattan federal court judge Lewis Kaplan late on Tuesday not to order the release of these court-held funds, which a jury awarded Carroll in her successful 2023 sexual abuse and defamation civil trial against him; this money also includes interest. Trump has denied all wrongdoing. Continue reading...

Victoria Bekiempis · Wed, Jul 8, 2026, 9:46 AM
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Trump asks judge not to order release of $5.8m payment to E Jean Carroll

Trump’s request stems from the supreme court’s 29 June decision not to review his appeal

US judge orders release of $5.8m Trump owes E Jean Carroll after court loss

Donald Trump’s latest effort to delay the release of more than $5m in court-held funds that he owes E Jean Carroll failed on Wednesday.

The US president asked Manhattan federal court judge Lewis Kaplan late on Tuesday not to order the release of these court-held funds, which a jury awarded Carroll in her successful 2023 sexual abuse and defamation civil trial against him; this money also includes interest. Trump has denied all wrongdoing.

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