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Anna Betts in New York

US appeals court pauses Trump’s $83m payment to E Jean Carroll in defamation case

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E Jean Carroll departs Manhattan federal appeals court after arguments in a judgment appeal brought by Donald Trump, in New York City, on 6 September 2024. Photograph: Leonardo Muñoz/AFP/Getty Images

A federal appeals court has ruled that Donald Trump will not have to pay the $83.3m defamation award to writer E Jean Carroll until the US supreme court either reviews the case or rejects an appeal.

The second US circuit court of appeals in New York issued the order on Monday, granting a request by the president’s lawyers to delay the payment while he seeks supreme court review.

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