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Trump dreams up wild new reason not to pay E. Jean Carroll: report
Delay as Strategy, Not LawThe Basic Fact PatternA jury found Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation and set a $5 million damages verdict. Trump’s legal team is still refusing to pay, now floating a new excuse to keep the money away from E. Jean Carroll: first, they claim payment must wait for a long-shot Supreme Court reconsideration bid; then they argue Carroll should not receive the funds because she has said she would give them away, which supposedly makes repayment harder if Trump ever wins reversal.Who Holds PowerThe power here is not subtle. Trump has the presidency, the…
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