Judge denies Trump bid to delay $83 million E. Jean Carroll judgment – Washington Examiner

A federal judge denied a bid by former President Donald Trump to delay paying or posting bond for the $83.3 million judgment in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case.

In an order issued on Thursday, Judge Lewis Kaplan denied a motion by the former president’s lawyers to delay the deadline to pay the January judgment in the case — meaning Trump will have until Monday to post bond or pay.

“Mr. Trump’s current situation is a result of his own dilatory actions,” Kaplan said in the order. “He has had since January 26 to organize his finances with the knowledge that he might need to bond this judgment, yet he waited until 25 days after the jury verdict — and only shortly before the expiration of Rule 62’s automatic 30-day stay of judgment — to file his prior motion for an unsecured or partially secured stay pending resolution of post-trial motions.”

The order also stated that Trump had been unable to show “irreparable injury” if the temporary administrative stay were not granted by Kaplan.

Kaplan has yet to rule on Trump’s other request, which seeks a delay until the conclusion of motions made after the trial or a reduced bond he would need to post by Monday.

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The coming deadline for Trump to either post bond or pay the $83 million judgment in the Carroll defamation case comes as he has also been fined $355 million in a New York court over alleged fraud when conducting business in the Empire State.

The former president is the presumptive GOP nominee and will likely be in and out of courtrooms as he faces four criminal trials in Florida, Washington, D.C., New York, and Georgia. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges levied against him.

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