Last Friday, Donald Trump filed a notice of appeal from the $83.3 million judgment against him in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case. He also posted a bond in the required amount of $91.63 million dollars, which reflects the judgment plus interest. The bond was furnished by Federal Insurance Company, a subsidiary of the Chubb Group. This is good news for E. Jean Carroll because the bond guarantees that the judgment will be paid if she prevails on appeal.
First off if anyone here does business with Federal Insurance Company, a subsidiary of the Chubb Group, I would roll my funds elsewhere.
Second, I find it odd the PM of Hungary visits the skank club in FL owned by a man who owes 90 million for defamation, says he can’t afford to pay, then all of a sudden comes up with the $.
Third is for third. The third time E. Jean can and should sue the sexual predator who keeps on defaming her.
We are in a moment akin to a combo of Germany 1923 and 1930/31 - Hitler is on the rise, then sinks, then like a Satanic phoenix, rises again. The analogy is not perfect, of course, but Trump is no different than Hitler (and to hell with those who say the comparison demeans the Holocaust — it does nothing of the sort): he is a sociopath, a lunatic, a destructive, demented fool (although Hitler was likely better educated than Trump, who went to a NYS prep school so awful that those of us who attended real prep schools called it “the prep school you go to when you cannot get into a real prep school — would love to see his grades), and he must be destroyed by the criminal justice system.
Pardon my French, Joyce and everyone else, but why the fuck does this criminal keep getting breaks that no one else in this entire country would ever get? We’ve been watching it for at least the last 3 years. We are sitting here unable to do anything about a corrupt SCOTUS and a corrupt group of so called legislators unable to govern even themselves. Damn it! Unless we, the damn majority, can find some hidden away law that can help stop this bullshit, we will end up yelling for nothing until we get too close to the election and the corrupt GOP will insist on enforcing the unwritten DOJ rule that it’s too close to the election, and this SOB will never be prosecuted and may even become president! (Although Joe’s SOTU may help change course.) Sorry for the negativity, I’m just over the edge reading about how he skates along month after month.
The scales are tipped for Trump and between SOTUS and Aileen Canon ( refuse to call her Judge) they have successfully delayed in Trumps favor. They will all burn in hell for threatening our democracy. Just listening to Judge Luttig’s evaluations of the Colorado decision and the Supreme Court got it wrong plus their rulings on issues not implied in the brief is unbelievable misrepresentation, and carelessness is beyond belief. Thanks Joyce!
Someone suggested that E. Jean Carroll could ask the judge for a mental competency test for T, since he continues to defame her. But it doesn't seem like he's worried about the money. It's going to be another busy week. Thank goodness the SOTU address bolstered so many of us.
Thank you, Joyce, for continuing to keep us updated on all of the details.
Trump’s sudden ability to post the appeals bond smells very fishy and Russian.
E. Jean Carroll should continue to sue him until he stops defaming her. What a blockhead - just zip your mouth shut.
Smith needs to keep pounding on Cannon. Trump’s motions to dismiss or nothing but delaying tactics.
This Friday my hope is that Willis is not disqualified and we can get back on track.
I keep hoping that once the first domino falls the rest will follow.
Joyce, thanks for your thorough explanation of what lies ahead this week. You are educating us. We need to pass it on, be prepared and VOTE BLUE UP and DOWN.
Thank you, Joyce, for taking time today -- after your week of travel -- to enlighten us on this E.Jean Carroll Trump matter. I appreciate all your detail and soaked it up as usual, but as usual Trump is misbehaving by defaming her again, and who knows what monkey-wrench he'll throw to try to delay this further. Can't his family do anything to have him tested for dementia before any of these cases go further ? Or can a judge ? Would a pronouncement of dementia cause any reason to tell him he cannot run for president? Our Democracy is on the brink if he is elected. Right now all we can do is "Vote like hell", to borrow a phrase from Donald's Jan. 6 rant.
Beyond horrible to think that tRump could literally destroy our system of justice and the rule of law. As it is he and conservatives have shown how vulnerable and in need of bolstering the justice system is. We can no longer rely on agreed upon norms. They need to be codified and there simply has to be a way to prevent wealthy defendants from running out the clock.
I was wondering if the retired judge who now oversees Trumps business’ has to be notified of the terms of the Bond. After all anything that is pledged to the $91 million bond for defamation also affects assets available to settle the States claim against Trump et al. Surely the overseer must be notified what or who the bonds surety is dependent on. If I were a smart reporter that’s were I’d be looking for disclosure of public records.
In the whirling, maddening raree-show that has become the modern American legal saga, there sits a figure so drenched in controversy and scandal that to speak his name is to invoke the chaotic spirits of legal limbo themselves. Yes, I'm talking about Trump, the man who seems to dance between raindrops of accountability with the grace of a greased pig at a county fair. It's a spectacle, folks, a veritable feast for the cynics and a famine for the believers in justice.
This isn't just about delays and legal foot-dragging; it's a full-blown assault on the very fabric of what we once quaintly referred to as justice. If Trump waltzes back into the Oval Office, what we're looking at isn't merely a tarnished justice system; it's a grotesque mockery of the concept, a slapstick performance with the Constitution as its punchline.
The Supreme Court, those nine robed arbiters of fate, seem content to watch the sand sift through the hourglass, pondering presidential immunity as if it were a philosophical quandary for a lazy Sunday debate rather than the ticking time bomb it is. April 22? By then, we might as well be debating the moral implications of jaywalking in the ruins of Pompeii for all the good it will do.
And so, it falls upon us, the bedraggled, the bewildered, the utterly bamboozled masses, to do what? To vote, they say. As if casting a ballot were akin to hurling a silver bullet into the heart of this monstrous farce. Yet here we are, loading our electoral guns, because what else can you do when the circus comes to town but try to enjoy the show and hope the clowns don't take over the government? Encourage, educate, and execute a plan for voting, they urge. In states where they've made casting that ballot as easy as solving a Rubik's Cube blindfolded, with one hand tied behind your back, and the cube is actually a live grenade.
So, my fellow spectators, as we stand on the precipice of what could either be the greatest comeback story or the final nail in the coffin of the American experiment, let's not forget: this isn't just about one man. It's about the soul of a nation, caught in the throes of an identity crisis, staring into the abyss. And as we gaze into that abyss, hoping for a glimmer of justice, remember, the abyss is also gazing into us, probably wondering what took us so long to look.
First off if anyone here does business with Federal Insurance Company, a subsidiary of the Chubb Group, I would roll my funds elsewhere.
Second, I find it odd the PM of Hungary visits the skank club in FL owned by a man who owes 90 million for defamation, says he can’t afford to pay, then all of a sudden comes up with the $.
Third is for third. The third time E. Jean can and should sue the sexual predator who keeps on defaming her.
We are in a moment akin to a combo of Germany 1923 and 1930/31 - Hitler is on the rise, then sinks, then like a Satanic phoenix, rises again. The analogy is not perfect, of course, but Trump is no different than Hitler (and to hell with those who say the comparison demeans the Holocaust — it does nothing of the sort): he is a sociopath, a lunatic, a destructive, demented fool (although Hitler was likely better educated than Trump, who went to a NYS prep school so awful that those of us who attended real prep schools called it “the prep school you go to when you cannot get into a real prep school — would love to see his grades), and he must be destroyed by the criminal justice system.
I hope E. Jean sues the bastard again.
Pardon my French, Joyce and everyone else, but why the fuck does this criminal keep getting breaks that no one else in this entire country would ever get? We’ve been watching it for at least the last 3 years. We are sitting here unable to do anything about a corrupt SCOTUS and a corrupt group of so called legislators unable to govern even themselves. Damn it! Unless we, the damn majority, can find some hidden away law that can help stop this bullshit, we will end up yelling for nothing until we get too close to the election and the corrupt GOP will insist on enforcing the unwritten DOJ rule that it’s too close to the election, and this SOB will never be prosecuted and may even become president! (Although Joe’s SOTU may help change course.) Sorry for the negativity, I’m just over the edge reading about how he skates along month after month.
Noticed that one of places Chubb has a subsidiary is in Russia. Just wondering ?
Thanks as usual for updates and information.
Rumor has it that his son-in-law has a couple of billion dollars from the Saudis. I'd like to know why. And yes, who is funding T right now.
The scales are tipped for Trump and between SOTUS and Aileen Canon ( refuse to call her Judge) they have successfully delayed in Trumps favor. They will all burn in hell for threatening our democracy. Just listening to Judge Luttig’s evaluations of the Colorado decision and the Supreme Court got it wrong plus their rulings on issues not implied in the brief is unbelievable misrepresentation, and carelessness is beyond belief. Thanks Joyce!
Someone suggested that E. Jean Carroll could ask the judge for a mental competency test for T, since he continues to defame her. But it doesn't seem like he's worried about the money. It's going to be another busy week. Thank goodness the SOTU address bolstered so many of us.
Thank you, Joyce, for continuing to keep us updated on all of the details.
This comment by Joyce brought chills to me: “If Trump is reelected, the American people will never get justice where he’s concerned. “
Shady source of financing the bond? You bet it's shady, and very very Russia connected: https://open.substack.com/pub/sethabramson/p/experts-said-for-weeks-that-trump?r=fcfxc&utm_medium=ios
Never a dull moment with you know who.
Trump’s sudden ability to post the appeals bond smells very fishy and Russian.
E. Jean Carroll should continue to sue him until he stops defaming her. What a blockhead - just zip your mouth shut.
Smith needs to keep pounding on Cannon. Trump’s motions to dismiss or nothing but delaying tactics.
This Friday my hope is that Willis is not disqualified and we can get back on track.
I keep hoping that once the first domino falls the rest will follow.
Joyce, thanks for your thorough explanation of what lies ahead this week. You are educating us. We need to pass it on, be prepared and VOTE BLUE UP and DOWN.
Thank you, Joyce, for taking time today -- after your week of travel -- to enlighten us on this E.Jean Carroll Trump matter. I appreciate all your detail and soaked it up as usual, but as usual Trump is misbehaving by defaming her again, and who knows what monkey-wrench he'll throw to try to delay this further. Can't his family do anything to have him tested for dementia before any of these cases go further ? Or can a judge ? Would a pronouncement of dementia cause any reason to tell him he cannot run for president? Our Democracy is on the brink if he is elected. Right now all we can do is "Vote like hell", to borrow a phrase from Donald's Jan. 6 rant.
Beyond horrible to think that tRump could literally destroy our system of justice and the rule of law. As it is he and conservatives have shown how vulnerable and in need of bolstering the justice system is. We can no longer rely on agreed upon norms. They need to be codified and there simply has to be a way to prevent wealthy defendants from running out the clock.
I was wondering if the retired judge who now oversees Trumps business’ has to be notified of the terms of the Bond. After all anything that is pledged to the $91 million bond for defamation also affects assets available to settle the States claim against Trump et al. Surely the overseer must be notified what or who the bonds surety is dependent on. If I were a smart reporter that’s were I’d be looking for disclosure of public records.
YES, E. Jean, go for it again!!!
In the whirling, maddening raree-show that has become the modern American legal saga, there sits a figure so drenched in controversy and scandal that to speak his name is to invoke the chaotic spirits of legal limbo themselves. Yes, I'm talking about Trump, the man who seems to dance between raindrops of accountability with the grace of a greased pig at a county fair. It's a spectacle, folks, a veritable feast for the cynics and a famine for the believers in justice.
This isn't just about delays and legal foot-dragging; it's a full-blown assault on the very fabric of what we once quaintly referred to as justice. If Trump waltzes back into the Oval Office, what we're looking at isn't merely a tarnished justice system; it's a grotesque mockery of the concept, a slapstick performance with the Constitution as its punchline.
The Supreme Court, those nine robed arbiters of fate, seem content to watch the sand sift through the hourglass, pondering presidential immunity as if it were a philosophical quandary for a lazy Sunday debate rather than the ticking time bomb it is. April 22? By then, we might as well be debating the moral implications of jaywalking in the ruins of Pompeii for all the good it will do.
And so, it falls upon us, the bedraggled, the bewildered, the utterly bamboozled masses, to do what? To vote, they say. As if casting a ballot were akin to hurling a silver bullet into the heart of this monstrous farce. Yet here we are, loading our electoral guns, because what else can you do when the circus comes to town but try to enjoy the show and hope the clowns don't take over the government? Encourage, educate, and execute a plan for voting, they urge. In states where they've made casting that ballot as easy as solving a Rubik's Cube blindfolded, with one hand tied behind your back, and the cube is actually a live grenade.
So, my fellow spectators, as we stand on the precipice of what could either be the greatest comeback story or the final nail in the coffin of the American experiment, let's not forget: this isn't just about one man. It's about the soul of a nation, caught in the throes of an identity crisis, staring into the abyss. And as we gaze into that abyss, hoping for a glimmer of justice, remember, the abyss is also gazing into us, probably wondering what took us so long to look.