Judge orders release of more than $5 million due to E. Jean Carroll in Trump sex abuse, defamation case

Despite last-minute protests from lawyers for President Trump, a federal judge has ordered the court to release $5 million, plus interest, won by the writer E. Jean Carroll when a 2023 civil jury found Mr. Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation.

The money had been held in a court-controlled bank account for three years, and Mr. Trump said in recent filings he wanted it to remain there.