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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Trump Seeks to Halt $83 Million Payment to E. Jean Carroll.

President Donald J. Trump has asked a federal appeals court to pause enforcement of an $83.3 million defamation judgment as he prepares a potential appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump has requested that the Second Circuit Court of Appeals stay enforcement of an $83.3 million defamation judgment awarded to writer E. Jean Carroll. The request, filed on Tuesday, seeks to delay payment while Trump prepares a potential appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. DETAIL: Trump’s legal team argues that the case raises significant constitutional questions, including unresolved issues surrounding presidential immunity and the Westfall Act, which governs when the federal government can be substituted as a defendant for officials’ actions. The Second Circuit recently rejected Trump’s bid for a rehearing, leaving the Supreme Court as his next legal option. Carroll has not opposed…Open