By Matthew Russell Lee Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, March 11 – The business day after the verdict against Donald Trump for $83.3 million in mostly punitive damages to E. Jean Carroll, Trump's lawyer wrote to the judge that "defense counsel learned for the first time of allegations that Your Honor, while a partner at the Paul Weiss firm, had a “mentor” type relationship with Plaintiff’s lead counsel, Roberta Kaplan."
Alina Habba concluded, "this Court should provide defense counsel with all of the relevant facts. At a minimum, this information could certainly prove relevant to President Trump’s forthcoming Rule 59 motion." Letter on Patreon here. That was rejected.
On February 23 Habba filed a request to "Stay Execution of the Judgment Pending Disposition of the Post-Trial Motions."Memo on Patreon here.
On March 8, after a request for a temporary administrative stay was denied, Habba for Trump docketed a $91,630,000 bond by Federal Insurance Company.
On March 11, Carroll's counsel wrote it that "Federal Insurance Company has authorized and Defendant’s counsel will agree to stipulate that the 30-day periods listed on page 3 of ECF Doc. 318-1 will be shortened to 15 days, both for the Principal and the Surety. This will have the effect of shortening the overall window to 30 days."
Judge Kaplan endorsed it: "ENDORSEMENT : The parties shall submit revised scheduling documentation promptly. (Signed by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on 3/11/24)."
More, including predication, on X for Subscribers here and Substack here
On January 29 a very first book was published about the trial and what it might mean:
"Trump Trial II: Punitive Damages and Vow to Appeal: From the SDNY Trial to the 2024 Trail," by Matthew Russell Lee - Ebook here (with audiobook and paperback ).
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