这一裁决源于卡罗尔（E. Jean Carroll）在2023年对唐纳德·特朗普提起的性虐待和诽谤诉讼。特朗普已同意停止在法庭上反对这笔500万美元赔偿金的发放。由于这笔赔偿金早已被支付给了卡罗尔，因此这一裁决实际上意味着特朗普将不再反对这一金钱赔偿的结果。
The verdict stems from Carroll’s 2023 sexual abuse and defamation civil trial against Trump Donald Trump has agreed to stop fighting in court the disbursement of E Jean Carroll’s $5m verdict in her 2023 sexual abuse and defamation civil trial against him, a procedural development as these funds were already distributed to her.
虽然这一决定本身并未改变卡罗尔获得赔偿金的事实，但其公开披露意味着特朗普将不再反对这一早已确定的金钱赔偿结果。
While the decision does not change anything about Carroll’s receipt of the payout, its revelation effectively means that Trump will no longer oppose the monetary outcome he had long fought.
这一裁决是由美国第二巡回上诉法院于周二公布的。此前，由于美国最高法院已经决定不再重新审查特朗普的上诉请求，因此特朗普在第二巡回上诉法院的诉讼已经失去了实际意义；因此，今天的裁决仅仅是一个形式上的程序性步骤。
This decision was revealed Tuesday by the United States court of appeals for the second circuit. Trump’s second circuit fight had already been made moot by a supreme court decision not to reconsider his opposition, so this morning’s filing marked a formality.
“双方同意终止此次上诉，并且特朗普撤回了其要求暂停上诉的请求，”第二巡回上诉法院在裁决中写道。“现命令双方终止此次上诉；特朗普提出的暂停上诉的请求也被视为已被撤回。”
“The parties stipulate to dismiss this appeal with prejudice … and [Trump] withdraws his motion for a stay pending appeal,” the Second Circuit said in a mandate. “The stipulation is SO ORDERED. The stay motion … is deemed WITHDRAWN.”
“特朗普此前已在地方法院放弃了诉讼，现在又在巡回上诉法院放弃了这一要求，”西海岸诉讼律师协会（West Coast Trial Lawyers）的创始人、前联邦检察官尼玛·拉赫马尼（Neama Rahmani）评论道。“这简直是‘棺材上的最后一颗钉子’——特朗普绝对无法再要求追讨这500万美元了。”今年7月，特朗普曾试图要求第二巡回上诉法院推迟这笔赔偿金的发放，以便他能够继续上诉；但这一请求被驳回。这笔赔偿金一直被存放在法院管理的账户中，直到特朗普对2023年的裁决提出上诉为止。
“He’d previously given up in district court, now he’s given up in circuit court,” said Neama Rahmani, founder of West Coast Trial Lawyers and a former federal prosecutor, of the money-related order. “It’s a final nail in the coffin. There’s absolutely no way Trump can go after Carroll for this five million plus dollars.”Trump in July unsuccessfully asked the second circuit to postpone disbursement of this money while he appealed a lower court’s decision mandating its distribution. The money was held in a court-administered fund pending Trump’s appeal of the 2023 verdict.
2023年6月29日，美国最高法院决定不再审查特朗普的上诉，曼哈顿联邦法院法官刘易斯·卡普兰（Lewis Kaplan）随即下令将这笔赔偿金发放给卡罗尔。在这一裁决作出后不到一小时，特朗普又请求第二巡回上诉法院暂停执行该裁决，以便他能够继续上诉。
Manhattan federal court judge Lewis Kaplan on 8 July ordered disbursement of this money after the US supreme court’s 29 June decision not to review Trump’s appeal. Less than an hour after this decision, Trump asked the second circuit to grant him a stay so he could fight Kaplan’s mandate.
第二巡回法院驳回了这一请求。根据7月14日的法院记录，法院扣留的资金（总计580万美元，其中包括累计利息）已于7月9日被释放。8月，最高法院再次驳回了特朗普试图推翻该陪审团裁决的请求，拒绝了他要求重新审理的请求。特朗普现在正请求美国最高法院撤销那笔针对他的、金额高达8300万美元的赔偿金——这笔赔偿金是在2024年1月的民事诉讼中因诽谤卡罗尔而判定的。
The second circuit rejected this request. The court-held funds, which totalled $5.8m due to accrued interest, were released on 9 July, court records dated 14 July indicate The supreme court in August rejected for the second time Trump’s efforts to overturn this jury verdict, denying his request for a rehearing. Trump is asking the US supreme court to throw out a second, much larger payment of $83m awarded against him for defaming Carroll in her January 2024 civil trial.
当被问及对此事的评论时，特朗普法律团队的发言人表示：“美国人民支持特朗普总统，他们要求立即停止所有针对他的迫害行为，包括那些由民主党资助的、荒谬至极的‘卡罗尔骗局’（即针对卡罗尔的虚假指控）。”
Asked for comment, a spokesperson for Trump’s legal team said: “The American People stand with President Trump as they demand an immediate end to all of the Witch Hunts, including the Democrat-funded travesty of the Carroll Hoaxes.
声明还补充道：“特朗普总统将继续战胜那些企图破坏美国法治的势力，他始终专注于‘让美国再次伟大’的使命。”
“President Trump will keep winning against Liberal Lawfare, as he continues to focus on his mission to Make America Great Again,” the statement added.