Manhattan federal Judge Lewis Kaplan on Sunday responded “lol, no” to disgraced former President Trump’s nearly-last-minute motion for an “administrative stay” of the $83.3 million judgment the jury in rape victim EJ Carroll’s defamation trial coming due, meaning the fat bastard has just days to pay up or he loses his right to an appeal of the verdict (which is surely just delaying the inevitable too).
“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, Mr Trump has moved for an ‘administrative stay’ of enforcement pending the filing and disposition of any post-trial motions that 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. Plaintiff shall file any response to defendant’s motion no later than 5:00 pm on February 29, 2024. Any reply shall be filed no later than 5:00 pm on March 2, 2024,” Kaplan wrote in his denial.
MSNBC’s Lisa Rubin explains that the timeline above still gives Donald a tiny bit of wiggle room to file one last desperate bid for a stay with both his court and at the appellate level before the final deadline of March 7th. He’d probably be better off using that time to find a suretor though.