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BumRushDaShow

(174,017 posts) Sat Jul 4, 2026, 07:22 PM Yesterday

Judge rejects Trump bid to delay $5.8M payment to E. Jean Carroll [View all]

Source: USA Today

July 4, 2026, 6:35 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON – A federal judge rejected President Donald Trump’s request for more time to respond to New York writer E. Jean Carroll’s demand for $5.8 million she won in a civil lawsuit against him.

Carroll asked a federal court in Manhattan on June 30 to order Trump to pay her the money she was awarded when a jury found him liable in 2023 for sexually abusing her and then for defaming her by calling her assault allegations a "con job."

The Supreme Court had denied Trump's request on June 29 to review the jury's decision in the case. Trump asked for more time to respond to Carroll’s request.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in New York denied the request in a one-sentence order July 4. Trump must now reply by July 7.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/04/trump-e-jean-carroll-5-million-payment/90807219007/

Link to ORDER (text only) - https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65895581/carroll-v-trump/?page=2#entry-238

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Judge rejects Trump bid to delay $5.8M payment to E. Jean Carroll [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

Good for Judge Kaplan! greatauntoftriplets Yesterday #1

Just release the money to her... Enter stage left Yesterday #2

Not what the agreement between Carroll and Trump provides onenote 9 hrs ago #21

Sell some more crypto underpants Yesterday #3

If he balks, sue his ass for a third time! Chasstev365 Yesterday #4

He can't 'balk" The money is no longer his property. It is the property of the court. onenote 9 hrs ago #19

He's illegally grifted BILLIONS over the last two years, and here he is losing his shit over 5 mil? Karasu Yesterday #5

Thank you Judge Kaplan! FakeNoose Yesterday #6

Deadbeat. Always has been, always will be. mpcamb Yesterday #7

I like the way you think. CBHagman 22 hrs ago #9

After tRump pays her the money BWdem4life Yesterday #8

I don't understand. If there's a bond there, then it needs to be called. hamsterjill 22 hrs ago #10

It is not a bond. The money is held by the Court in a "registry" and is the property of the Court. onenote 9 hrs ago #16

Thank you. hamsterjill 9 hrs ago #20

Something hopeful to celebrate on this otherwise cheerless 4th of July. love_katz 19 hrs ago #11

So, now he has to "respond" again, by the 7th.. Escape 12 hrs ago #12

So, why hasn't the judgement been paid yet? Hugin 12 hrs ago #13

The "rich" gangster keeps on destroying the Justice system... Justice matters. 11 hrs ago #14

Because of the terms of the agreement that Carroll and Trump entered into in 2023 onenote 9 hrs ago #18

Thanks for the lengthy and convoluted explanation of the situation. Hugin 9 hrs ago #22

No one forced Carroll to agree to it. But if she hadn't she risked having a court stay the reward. onenote 8 hrs ago #23

Carroll's, "request" Bayard 11 hrs ago #15

Paying up will be an admission that he lost and is guilty, it's not just the money andym 9 hrs ago #17