President Trump has just appealed the decision of a judge to pay E. Jean Carroll nearly $6 million in penalties.
A judge earlier ordered him to pay, with interest, the $5.8 million dollar penalty:
E. Jean Carroll can be paid the $5.8 million that was set aside after a jury found three years ago that President Donald Trump sexually abused her in 1996 before he became president and defamed her after she publicly revealed the attack, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued an order that says the money can be paid to Carroll, along with interest that has grown since the verdict. Carroll’s lawyers had requested the disbursement after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of the 2023 civil verdict. Trump has already paid the money, which was set aside in a fund during the appeals process pending a court order.
Trump had resumed defamatory attacks against Carroll as his lawyers considered asking the high court to reconsider its decision.
Both sides’ attorneys did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Trump has now appealed the decision:
NEW: Less than an hour after Judge Kaplan ordered disbursement of $5 million jury awarded E Jean Carroll, Trump has filed notice of appeal to the 2nd Circuit.https://t.co/chae3SayO0
— Kaelan Deese (@KaelanDC) July 8, 2026
I really hope Trump wins, however I just don’t know if he can at this point after the Supreme Court refused to take it up.