Major Asset Seizure Likely as Trump Can't Afford Bond for NY Fraud Case - eviltoast

Less than a month after New York Attorney General Letitia James said she would be willing to seize former Republican President Donald Trump’s assets if he is unable to pay the $464 million required by last month’s judgment in his civil fraud case, Trump’s lawyers disclosed in court filings Monday that he had failed to secure a bond for the amount.

In the nearly 5,000-page filing, lawyers for Trump said it has proven a “practical impossibility” for Trump to secure a bond from any financial institutions in the state, as “about 30 surety companies” have refused to accept assets including real estate as collateral and have demanded cash and other liquid assets instead.

To get the institutions to agree to cover that $464 million judgment if Trump loses his appeal and fails to pay the state, he would have to pledge more than $550 million as collateral—“a sum he simply does not have,” reportedThe New York Times, despite his frequent boasting of his wealth and business prowess.

  • Mike@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    This is such a stupid comment. You don’t even live here!

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      8 months ago

      The polls show him leading, so do the pundits. He’s going to win for the same reason he did last time, you people are too ignorant to understand that he appeals to a huge swath of the country.

      Your American exceptionalism is failing your society and you’re too blind to see it. Pride and greed. It’s wild to see.