Trump Posts Bond After Carroll Judge Tosses Bid For Stay Of $83M Defamation Judgment
Above the LawMar 08
Trump Posts Bond for Judgment in Carroll Defamation Case
The Facts
Former Pres. Donald Trump's legal team Friday submitted a filing announcing he has secured a $91.63M bond to cover the $83M judgment plus, plus interest, he was ordered to pay in the defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll.
Trump had to post his bond in order to appeal enforcement of the judgment, which Alina Habba, one of his attorneys, in a statement called an "egregious" result of "numerous prejudicial errors."
The Spin
Anti-Trump narrative
Considering he was ordered to pay close to half a billion dollars for lying about his finances, it wouldn't have been wise for the court to trust Trump's claim he would be good for the money at the end of the appeals process. So the system has worked the way it should, with Trump forced to post bond and Carroll eventually being able to more easily collect her money from the bond issuer.
Pro-Trump narrative
The political witch hunt orchestrated by the Biden administration and Democratic-appointed judges in an effort to derail Trump's campaign is continuing. Considering the illegitimacy of these judgments, Trump shouldn't have had to post bond. Now that he has, the process of exposing the error of the courts' ways can commence and Trump can get these judgments thrown out for their absurdity.
Nerd narrative
There is a 51% chance that Donald Trump will be elected president of the US in 2024, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
