Trump's legal team filed for an emergency injunction demanding E. Jean Carroll return the $5.6 million she received after winning a jury verdict in her sexual abuse and defamation case against him. The payment was issued by court order on July 9, 2026, and Trump is now attempting to claw it back while pursuing a long-shot Supreme Court appeal of the underlying judgment. This is a highly unusual legal maneuver — attempting to reclaim a court-ordered judgment payment after it has already been distributed and placed in the defendant's retirement account.