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One legal maneuver threatens to undo everything E. Jean Carroll won
Delay as a Weapon: Trump’s Real Play Is TimeThe Source of PowerThe reporting here is not really about a legal puzzle. It is about a president using the machinery of appeals, motions, and procedural uncertainty to keep a civil judgment from being paid. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered Donald Trump to release the $5.8 million in escrow to E. Jean Carroll by Tuesday or explain himself. That is the basic power relationship: Carroll won the judgment, and Trump is trying to keep the money in limbo.The Story Behind the StoryThe article gives one short summary worth keeping: Carroll’s lawyers…
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