President Donald Trump has asked the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to pause enforcement of the $83.3 million defamation judgment awarded to E. Jean Carroll, seeking to delay payment while he prepares a potential Supreme Court appeal In a filing on Tuesday, Trump requested that the Second Circuit Court of Appeals stay its mandate in the case, which would temporarily block Carroll from taking steps to collect the judgment. The request comes days after the appeals court rejected Trump's bid to rehear the case before the full court, effectively ending his path to further review at that level. Trump's lawyers say a stay is necessary to preserve what they describe as serious constitutional questions surrounding presidential immunity and the Westfall Act, which governs when the federal government can be substituted as a defendant for officials acting within the scope of their duties.