
A federal judge overseeing a New York defamation trial has refused to grant former President Donald Trump's request to delay an $83.3 million award to columnist E. Jean Carroll. Carroll accused Trump of raping her in the 1990s, leading to the defamation case.
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan stated that Trump's financial predicament was a result of his delayed response to the verdict. The defamation case stemmed from Trump's statements about Carroll in 2019, where he dismissed her rape allegations as false.