{"id":2626619,"date":"2026-07-08T11:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-seeks-to-block-5-8-million-carroll-payout-pending-second-high-court-bid\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:55:09","slug":"trump-seeks-to-block-5-8-million-carroll-payout-pending-second-high-court-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-seeks-to-block-5-8-million-carroll-payout-pending-second-high-court-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump seeks to block $5.8 million Carroll payout pending second high court bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-seeks-to-block-5-8-million-carroll-payout-pending-second-high-court-bid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2626619&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump is attempting to halt the nearly $5.8 million payment to writer E. Jean Carroll following the Supreme CourtS refusal to review his appeal of a New York civil court verdict that found him liable for sexual assault and defamation. Trump\u2019s attorneys requested that the funds in escrow not be released,arguing that Carroll cannot collect the judgment while Trump\u2019s petition for reconsideration is pending before the Supreme Court. Despite the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision declining to hear Trump\u2019s appeal, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dismissing-negotiation-efforts-j6-committee-recommends-holding-more-trump-advisers-in-contempt\/\" title=\"Dismissing Negotiation Efforts, J6 Committee Recommends Holding More Trump Advisers In Contempt\">legal team claims<\/a> that disbursing the funds now would cause irreparable harm, as proceedings are still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll\u2019s side has urged the immediate release of the money, asserting that the Supreme Court\u2019s denial effectively ends Trump\u2019s avenues for appeal.Though,trump&#8217;s attorneys contend that the escrow agreement prevents disbursement until all legal processes are tired,including potential rehearings.They also warn that releasing the funds prematurely could jeopardize Carroll\u2019s ability to collect if the verdict is later overturned. The case is further complicated by Trump\u2019s plans to seek review of a separate legal matter involving his alleged immunity from a subsequent defamation claim, for which Carroll was awarded an additional $83.3 million. The Supreme Court\u2019s recent decisions and pending rulings will determine whether the funds will be released during these ongoing legal proceedings.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> is making a last-ditch effort to stop his payment of nearly $5.8 million to writer E. Jean Carroll after the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a> declined to hear his appeal of a federal <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\">New York<\/a> civil court verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a late <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045\/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045.240.0.pdf\">Tuesday filing<\/a>, Trump\u2019s attorneys asked U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan not to disburse the funds held in escrow, arguing that the former <em>Elle Magazine <\/em>columnist cannot collect the judgment while Trump\u2019s petition asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its refusal to hear the case remains pending.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4638441\/justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-took-more-20-supreme-court-questioning-last-term\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson took up more than 20% of Supreme Court\u2019s questioning last term<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4638877\/supreme-court-justices-elena-kagan-amy-coney-barrett-testify-capitol-hill\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court justices Kagan and Barrett to testify on Capitol Hill<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4637381\/supreme-court-denies-emergency-bids-texas-app-store-age-verification-law\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court denies emergency bids to halt Texas app store age verification law<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCollection cannot begin while proceedings remain pending before the Supreme Court, which is currently the case,\u201d attorneys Josh Halpern and Michael Madaio wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Supreme Court declined <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4628451\/supreme-court-declines-trump-appeal-e-jean-carroll-verdict\/\">without noted dissent<\/a> last month to hear Trump\u2019s appeal of the May 2023 verdict, which found him liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the mid-1990s and later defaming her after she publicly accused him. Trump has consistently denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the high court\u2019s June ruling, Carroll\u2019s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, urged the judge to release the money immediately, arguing that the Supreme Court\u2019s denial marked \u201cthe end of the line\u201d for Trump\u2019s appeal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s lawyers countered that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >parties\u2019 2023 escrow agreement bars disbursement<\/a> until all Supreme Court proceedings have concluded, including any petition for rehearing. They also argued that Trump could suffer irreparable harm if the funds are released before his legal options are exhausted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The filing notes Carroll has repeatedly said she intends to donate any money recovered from Trump, raising concerns that the funds could become unrecoverable if the judgment were later overturned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s rehearing petition faces steep odds. The Supreme Court rarely grants requests to reconsider its denial of a petition for review.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His attorneys nevertheless argue the justices should revisit the case because Trump intends to ask the court to hear a separate appeal involving whether he is immune from a second defamation lawsuit Carroll brought over statements Trump made while serving as president. In that case, a jury awarded Carroll <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2821525\/trump-must-pay-83-million-to-carroll\/\">$83.3 million<\/a> in January 2024.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4628451\/supreme-court-declines-trump-appeal-e-jean-carroll-verdict\/\">SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO HEAR TRUMP\u2019S APPEAL OF E. JEAN CARROLL VERDICT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s lawyers contend a ruling recognizing presidential immunity in that case could also undermine the earlier $5 million verdict because Carroll introduced some of those presidential statements as evidence during the 2023 trial. A similar legal defense <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4587959\/where-trump-hush-money-appeal-stands-two-years-since-conviction\/\">is playing out in appeals processes<\/a> over Trump\u2019s May 2024 guilty verdict in the 34-felony count hush money trial, which his lawyer argued involved evidence that should have been shielded by presidential immunity. The Supreme Court did not issue its landmark 2024 finding that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-could-give-trump-some-immunity-experts-say\/\" title=\"Legal experts suggest that the ... may grant Trump some immunity\">presidents enjoy broad immunity<\/a> for official actions until after that trial had concluded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judge has not yet ruled on whether the funds should remain in escrow while Trump\u2019s renewed Supreme Court bid proceeds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump seeks to halt $5.8M payout after Supreme Court rejection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2626620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-collage-406hces7r-1782745157419-e1782745238733.jpg?1783510321&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[21275,33740,42996,18989,3634],"class_list":["post-2626619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-carroll","tag-court-ruling","tag-legal-bid","tag-payout","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-collage-406hces7r-1782745157419-e1782745238733.jpg?1783510321&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2626619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2626619"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2626619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2626623,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2626619\/revisions\/2626623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2626620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2626619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2626619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2626619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}