After Trump was found liable last year for raping and defaming former Elle columnist E. Jean Carroll back in the 90s, he was ordered to pay her $5 million in damages.

Despite the ruling Trump continued to deny he’d ever met the woman (even though there are pictures of them together at that time). He plainly stated that Carroll “wasn’t his type,” clearly insinuating that he didn’t find her attractive enough to rape her.

That led to another lawsuit for defamation, and his behavior during the trial caused the just to come back almost immediately with a verdict of more than 8 times what Carroll had asked for in the second suit.

But Trump has to come up with the money within 30 days of the ruling to even appeal the verdict.

Dave Aronberg, the state attorney in Palm Beach County, Florida, appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss the ruling:

“He’s got to post a bond just to appeal within 30 days of the judgment. So E. Jean Carroll will get her money at some point. He can try to get money from his supporters, but he’s got to tell them what it’s for … He can’t say, ‘Help me with my re-election fund’ and then divert the money to E. Jean Carroll, that would be a crime.”

In a later statement to Newsweek, Aronberg compared the likelihood of Trump trying to pay with campaign money to the fraud committed by his former advisor, Steve Bannon:

“If Trump wants his supporters to pay his debt to E. Jean Carroll, he’ll have to disclose it. He won’t be able to claim it’s for his re-election or any other cause, and then divert it to pay off this $83.3 million judgment. Otherwise, he could be charged with fraud like Steve Bannon, who diverted money from the ‘We Build the Wall’ campaign.”

Trump, of course, plans to appeal the verdict if he can get the money together. Over on Truth Social, Trump was adamant:

“Absolutely ridiculous! I fully disagree with both verdicts, and will be appealing this whole Biden Directed Witch Hunt focused on me and the Republican Party. Our Legal System is out of control, and being used as a Political Weapon.”

Carroll and her lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, had plenty to say as well.

Said the victim, “It’s just the people around him that give him power. It’s the emperor without clothes. The courtroom was not a courtroom for him, it was a campaign stop, that was clear. We had two different objectives. Ours was to win a case, his was to win voters. We’ll see how that plays out.”

Kaplan, her lawyer, pointed out how easy it was to win this case:

“During the trial, he continued to post nasty, defamatory things about E. Jean on Truth Social, he did videos, he did press conferences, and we played that all for the jury. And we said, ‘He can’t respect our system. There was a verdict by a jury that said he can’t do this anymore, and he keeps doing it.”