FILE – E. Jean Carroll arrives at Manhattan federal court, May 9, 2023, in New York. Lawyers for Carroll have urged a judge, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, to reject former President Donald Trump's efforts to avoid posting security to secure an $83.3 million defamation award won by the writer. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)(AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump says the former president has secured a bond sufficient to support an $83.3 million jury award granted to writer E. Jean Carroll during a January defamation trial.
Attorney Alina Habba filed papers on Friday with the New York trial judge to show that Trump had secured a $91.6 million bond from the Federal Insurance Co. She simultaneously filed a notice of appeal to show Trump is appealing the verdict to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The posting of the bond was a necessary step to delay payment of the award until the 2nd Circuit can rule.
FILE – Republican former President Donald Trump speaks at a primary election night party, Jan. 23, 2024, in Nashua, N.H. Trump’s lawyers said Tuesday, March 5, that the ex-president deserves a new trial and a fresh chance to tell a jury why he berated writer E. Jean Carroll for her sex abuse claims against him after she revealed them five years ago. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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