Trump demands E. Jean Carroll repay $5.6 million judgment

Trump Demands E. Jean Carroll Repay $5.6 Million Judgment

Donald Trump has made billions of dollars since returning to office, yet he continues to fight paying E. Jean Carroll the damages a jury awarded her.

The president's legal team has demanded that the former Elle columnist repay the $5.6 million he was court-mandated to give her, The Independent reported Tuesday.

The money was disbursed to Carroll from a court-controlled escrow account on July 9—three years after a nine-person jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the mid-1990s and defaming her in the early 2020s when she went public about the attack. Trump had attempted to avoid payment by taking the case to the Supreme Court, which ultimately refused to hear it in June.

"Rather than accept the reality that he had lost, [Trump] has engaged in a series of maneuvers trying desperately to forestall payment," Carroll's lawyers wrote in a legal filing Monday night, noting that the payment should have concluded the case.

"But Defendant now demands yet another unprecedented remedy," Carroll's attorneys continued. "The judgment here is final, the money has already been disbursed, and Carroll is entitled to keep it."

Her team added that each of the president's attacks has a "domino effect" that subjects the writer to "ongoing and prolific harassment" from people who take Trump's word as gospel, "including a multitude of death threats and other threats of physical injury."

The $5.6 million represents only a portion of what Trump owes Carroll. After the 2023 civil case, Trump tried and failed to sue Carroll for defamation, insisting—despite the jury's determination—that he had not sexually abused her. A federal judge ruled that Trump was the liable party, as he had defamed Carroll by denying the sexual abuse on the basis that she was not his "type" and by accusing her of inventing the allegations for her book.

A jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in that case, though she has not yet received any payment from that decision.

Read more: E. Jean Carroll Finally Gets Her First Payment From Trump

DOJ Launches Criminal Investigation into Rep. Cory Mills

After months of scandal, Republican Representative Cory Mills is under criminal investigation.

MS NOW, citing two anonymous sources, reports that the Department of Justice has launched a criminal probe into the Florida congressman, who is accused of:

• Sexual misconduct
• Campaign finance violations
• Financial disclosure violations
• Accepting inappropriate gifts
• Multiple ethics violations

A third source told MS NOW that the FBI has spoken to at least one person about Mills's finances and the allegations against him. Mills told the outlet by phone, "This is the first I'm hearing about it."

"The [Federal Election Commission] dismissed all the campaign stuff," Mills said, referring to allegations he misused campaign funds. He said he thought the investigation must be about "all the things stemming from the Ethics investigation."

The House Ethics Committee launched an investigation into Mills last November and was still gathering evidence about his misconduct as of May this year.

Mills allegedly harassed his ex-girlfriend, former Miss United States Lindsey Langston, and threatened to release revenge porn of her after she ended their relationship upon learning of his affair. Mills also allegedly assaulted a second woman he was dating, who reported the incident.