U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan declined a request to grant a stay after a jury ordered Donald Trump to pay writer E. Jean Carroll over $83 million for defamation.
“Twenty-five days after the jury verdict in this case, and only shortly before the expiration of Rule 62’s automatic stay of enforcement of the judgment,” Kaplan noted. “Mr. Trump has moved for an ‘administrative stay’ of enforcement pending the filing and disposition of any post-trial motions he may file. He seeks that relief without posting any security.”
“The Court declines to grant any stay, much less an unsecured stay, without first having afforded plaintiff a meaningful opportunity to be heard,” the judge wrote in his one-page order.
Imagine getting told by a judge that you’re liable for rape, and then turning around and asking the judge if you can skip out on your rape-payment.
Because he didn’t do it, you see, and if he did, it’s because she deserved it. He’s upset because for some reason the judge and the rest of the world don’t understand this and it’s not fair to him.
I hate how not far from the truth this most likely is.
It’s insane how our legal system works. Overly complex and benefits those who can afford the best lawyers. The prison system in the USA is also really messed up. I don’t understand how we’ve managed to turn everything, literally everything, into a squeeze on the classes to get every last cent from every angle. People are sick of ‘hustling’ and want justice, equality, opportunity to work and provide for their own. Sigh.
In summary “put up or shut up”
Given it’s a defamation case, I think it’s both!
And we know he’s incapable of either.
Lol this made me snort orange juice out of my nose. Fuck it buuuuurrrrnnns!
The goggles do nothing!
Up and at them!
Must admit I’m quite enjoying the last few weeks of Trumps legal woes.
I wonder what’s on the agenda for March. Hopefully Jack Smith is limbering up for something special.
I hope one of the many, many court actions against him actually manages to make him face some real consequences that will cause a measurable impact on him and his behaviour.
I think we’re seeing that right now?
He’s obviously deeply upset about the outcome of the NYC thing. I don’t think he cares about the criminal aspects but having to pay $450m in penalties is a bitter pill.
Impacting his behavior is a difficult one. He tends to just double down when things go wrong. I do like to think that his opportunities will start to diminish. By that I mean it’s possible that a few wealthy power brokers might decide that they’re not going down with his sinking ship.
Whoa, let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Whoa, let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Looks like it’s up to the state of New York; the federal criminal stuff looks dead in the water. The Supreme Court is just going to sit on the DC case and Judge Cannon is in the process of strangling the Florida one.
“Am I a joke to you?” - Georgia
Indeed.
$83 million is nothing to a stable genius business tycoon like Don right?
It’s a paltry 207,500 pairs of ugly-ass shoes
Isn’t she already working on pulling him into court for a third time? He didn’t stop talking shit about her after the first and this verdict. I seriously hope they have some “third time” laws laws there.
The legal system is bananas. Appeals are one thing, an “administrative stay of enforcement” 25 days after the judgement is just confusing. I don’t understand why that would get approved in any scenario.
It gets approved often, especially if the remedy is something other than monetary compensation. For example, if the remedy is that the court granted specific performance of a contract by a non-performing party, that’s not like money where if it turns out to be granted by mistake it can be given back
There was zero chance it was going to be granted in this case and any competent lawyer would know that, especially before Judge Kaplan.
Banana republic
That’s not what that term means.
Banana dictatorship
“A banana republic is a politically unstable country whose economy depends on the export of one product in limited supply, such as agricultural products like bananas or minerals”
The literal first sentence from wikipedia. It’s a specific kind of exploited state. Using it as a catch-all for unpopular or unstable governments dilutes the terminology. Which is what’s happening, as shown by the rest of the wiki page. It’s not, like, an official classification and you’re not the only one to denigrate the US with that label but it seems dishonest and reductive. Our problems are largely internal and would exist with no foreign influence or global economy.
Why is Trump doing this? He’s a BILLIONAIRE SUPER GENIUS BUSINESSMAN! Just pay her the money Don you’ll make it back Tomorrow!
Fuck you, Deadbeat Donny.
We call 'im Donny Jingles!
Boo hoo orangetard!
swiftly
I would not want to be GoFundMe’s ethics team right now…
