A major legal setback for US President Donald Trump as a federal judge orders the release of nearly $5.8 million to writer E. Jean Carroll after years of courtroom battles. The payment follows a 2023 civil jury verdict that found Trump liable for assaulting and defaming Carroll. With the U.S. Supreme Court declining to hear Trump's appeal and a federal appeals judge rejecting his latest request, the escrowed funds are now set to be transferred.

Carroll was awarded damages after New York jury concluded Trump sexually abused her, then defamed her after she publicly described the attack

A United States federal judge has ordered that nearly $5.8 million be released to journalist and writer E. Jean Carroll after President Donald Trump lost his appeal in the civil…