President Donald Trump's legal team demanded writer E. Jean Carroll return the $5.6 million judgment a federal court ordered him to pay her for sexual abuse and defamation, according to reports.
The Independent reported Trump's legal team filed an emergency injunction on Tuesday. His team hopes the Supreme Court will grant what they characterize as a "legal Hail Mary" by reversing the judgment and returning the funds.
The court-ordered payment was issued on July 9 through a court-controlled escrow account.
Carroll's attorneys strongly opposed the maneuver, stating in a legal filing that "rather than accept the reality that he had lost, [Trump] has engaged in a series of maneuvers trying desperately to forestall payment."
Additionally, they argued the court-ordered payment "should have been the end of this case," asserting, "The judgment here is final, the money has already been disbursed, and Carroll is entitled to keep it."
"But Defendant now demands yet another unprecedented remedy."
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