Lawyers file opposition to Trump’s request, telling Supreme Court justices they do not need ‘to bail out this president’
E Jean Carroll’s lawyers are fighting Donald Trump’s efforts to toss her $83m damages verdict in the US supreme court, telling the justices that they do not need “to bail out this president from the consequences of his repeated litigation choices”.
Jurors delivered Carroll the huge award on 26 January 2024, less than one year after the journalist and author won $5m in her sexual abuse and defamation case against Trump. The president has repeatedly denied all wrongdoing in relation to Carroll.
Carroll’s legal team on 30 October filed their opposition to Trump’s request that the supreme court consider his appeal of Carroll’s massive win. Among Trump’s legal arguments is a claim that presidential immunity protects him from liability from conduct during his time in office, including 2019 statements in which he called Carroll a liar.
I think the Trumps’ finances are much less stable than people assume, so he isn’t just fighting for his reputation (lol).
Whatever, he’s still richer than any of us will ever be.
Nah, he made loads of money in these two years. Trump just doesn’t want to pay her because in his mind that means he lost. It’s all ego at play here, the money don’t even matter.
Trump has always been rich, and despite that, journalists sent increasingly tiny checks to rich people to see who would cash them. Trump was the only one to cash a thirteen cent check iirc. He might not “need” 83 million dollars but letting someone else have it, especially when it means that large numbers of people thinking it proves he’s wrong/lost, is absolutely devastating for him. It’s a combination of greed and ego.
That story always cracks me up because it shows exactly who he is. I’m dirt poor and even I wouldn’t bother to cash a 13¢ check.
He was basically insolvent when he won the first presidency. He is on very solid ground now. The market manipulation via tweeting alone has produced a fortune sufficient for any regular greedy person.
His finances weren’t stable before the 2024 election, but then he found crypto. That helped him stay solvent enough to get re-elected, and then it’s been nothing but grift for the last two years.
I remember him saying something like, “you guys cut us off from everything, what else were we supposed to do to make money.”
Used to be true, now he definitely is a multibillionaire after these last 2 years of completely blatant grifting and corruption.
The amount of money he’s gotten since his second inauguration is staggering. If you count Kushner, it’s infuriating.