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

Appeals court rules US president will not have to pay award until the US supreme court reviews case or rejects an appeal 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. But the court also required that Trump increase the bond by $7.46m, to account for interest that would accrue on Carroll’s award during any further legal proceedings before the nation’s highest court. Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, said in a statement to NBC News on Tuesday that “we are pleased that the Second Circuit conditioned the stay on President Trump posting a bond of nearly $100 million”, citing an earlier increase Trump already posted to bring the amount owed to over $91.6m before Monday’s order. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Monday’s ruling. Late last month, the same court rejected Trump’s request to rehear his ap