Donald Trump's lawyer is asking a federal appeals court to temporarily halt the payment of an $83 million defamation award to columnist E. Jean Carroll. The move is intended to preserve funds while Trump appeals to the Supreme Court.

US President Donald Trump’s lawyer, hoping for an eventual Supreme Court victory, has asked a federal appeal court in New York to temporarily block a long-time columnist from collecting a US$83 million defamation award. The lawyer, Justin D. Smith, told the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in a filing on Tuesday to stay its decision supporting the award so that Trump will not have to pay writer E. Jean Carroll while he appeals to the high court. A Manhattan jury awarded Carroll the payout in...