A US federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s request to delay a nearly $5.8M payment to E. Jean Carroll and set a prompt deadline for his response after the Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal.Trump has deposited funds in escrow while his new lead counsel, Josh Halpern, seeks time to review the record after Justin Smith left to accept a federal judgeship; lawyers argued Carroll would suffer no material harm from a brief hold.Carroll’s team, led by
Roberta Kaplan, calls the filing a delay tactic and asks the court to compel payment while a separate $83.3M defamation award remains under appeal;
Donald Trump denies the allegations and says he will continue to litigate.