A federal judge on Tuesday approved the $91 million bond posted by former President Donald Trump to delay payment of a defamation judgment awarded to writer E. Jean Carroll, according to court documents.
President Trump posted the supersedeas bond on March 8, seeking to pause enforcement of the judgment against him while awaiting the appeal’s resolution. Such a bond is required when appealing.
U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan granted the request to stay the execution of the judgment pending appeal in his order on Tuesday, saying the bond was “deemed sufficient.”
“Enforcement of the Judgment, to the extent that the Judgment awards damages, is STAYED pending the final disposition of the appeal by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,” the judge wrote in his order….
