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1Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minute2Clear out junk files and repair common Windows errors3Fix the driver behind crashes, sound loss and screen glitchesThe $91.63 million bond Donald Trump posted in 2024 was security for the $83.3 million judgment in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case. It was not a payment to Carroll: the court approved it to stay collection while Trump appealed. The Second Circuit affirmed the judgment in 2025. As of October 7, 2026, Trump’s petition asking the Supreme Court to review it was pending.
What the $91.63 million bond covered
On February 8, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered an $83.3 million judgment for Carroll over statements Trump made in June 2019. Trump filed a notice of appeal on March 8, 2024. The court then approved a $91,630,000 supersedeas bond issued by Federal Insurance Company as security for that judgment. Court judgment · Bond approval order
A supersedeas bond is security used to pause enforcement of a judgment while an appeal is pending. In this case, it allowed execution of the damages judgment to be stayed during the appeal; posting it did not itself transfer the award to Carroll.
How the appeal has progressed
- February 8, 2024: The district court entered the $83.3 million judgment.
- March 8, 2024: Trump filed a notice of appeal.
- 2025: The Second Circuit affirmed the judgment on September 8. Second Circuit opinion
- 2026: The Second Circuit denied rehearing en banc on April 29. Rehearing order
- As of October 7, 2026: Trump had filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in Supreme Court docket 26-141 on July 28, 2026. The docket listed Carroll’s response deadline as October 30, 2026, and no final disposition. The petition was therefore pending at that date; the docket may since have changed. Supreme Court docket
This bond was not for Carroll’s separate $5 million award
The $91.63 million bond concerns Carroll I, the defamation case based on Trump’s June 2019 statements, which produced the $83.3 million judgment. Carroll II was a separate action involving a 2022 statement and claims about an alleged 1996 assault. Its jury awarded Carroll $5 million. The bond discussed here did not secure that separate award, according to the Second Circuit’s account of the cases. Second Circuit opinion
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