E. Jean Carroll tells judge to reject Trump’s request to delay $83 million judgment, calling him the ‘least trustworthy of borrowers’

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E. Jean Carroll said Donald Trump should not be given more time to post the $83.3 million she was awarded in her defamation trial against the former president, telling the judge that Trump is the “least trustworthy of borrowers.”

On Friday, Trump asked the judge overseeing the defamation case to give him additional time to satisfy the judgment while he appeals the jury verdict or allow him to post a lesser amount ranging from $24 million to $40 million.

Carroll’s lawyers opposed the request, writing in a court filing Thursday that Trump’s request comes down to “trust me.”

“He doesn’t offer any information about his finances or the nature and location of his assets. He doesn’t specify what percentage of his assets are liquid or explain how Carroll might go about collecting. He doesn’t even acknowledge the risks that now accompany his financial situation, from a half billion-dollar judgment obtained by the New York Attorney General to the 91 felony charges that might end his career as a businessman permanently,” the attorneys wrote.

They continued: “He simply asks the Court to ‘trust me’ and offers, in a case with an $83.3 million judgment against him, the court filing equivalent of a paper napkin; signed by the least trustworthy of borrowers.” Carroll’s attorneys also pointed to Trump’s history of stiffing lenders and attorneys.

Trump’s attorneys have until Saturday to reply before the judge issues a decision.

The judge made the jury verdict official on February 8, which gave Trump 30 days to post a bond to appeal. On the current schedule, he would need to post the bond in about two weeks.

Since the verdict, Trump’s financial condition has become more complicated. The judge overseeing the New York