Trump, hoping for an eventual Supreme Court victory, seeks to halt $83M payment in sexual abuse case

apnews

·

Original Report

↗ apnews

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyer, hoping for an eventual Supreme Court victory, has asked a federal appeals court in New York to temporarily block a longtime columnist from collecting an $83 million defamation award.The lawyer, Justin D. Smith, told the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a filing Tuesday to stay its decision supporting the award so that Trump won’t have to pay writer E. Jean Carroll while he appeals to the high court.A Manhattan jury awarded Carroll the payout i