New York AG Letitia James has said that she will seek to seize some of Trump's assets if he's unable to pay the judgment.
New York AG Letitia James has said that she will seek to seize some of Trump's assets if he's unable to pay the judgment.
Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York appellate court Wednesday to halt collection of the former president’s $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals.
Trump’s lawyers said in a court filing that he is prepared to post a $100 million appeal bond rather than a bond covering the full amount, which would have automatically paused enforcement.
They said a provision in Judge Arthur Engoron’s Feb. 16 ruling that bans Trump, his company, and co-defendants from obtaining loans from New York banks for three years would make it impossible for him to obtain a bond covering the full judgment.
They said a provision in Judge Arthur Engoron’s Feb. 16 ruling that bans Trump, his company, and co-defendants from obtaining loans from New York banks for three years would make it impossible for him to obtain a bond covering the full judgment.
So you're not a fucking billionaire, you demented shitweasel. Got it.
Can you believe the nerve? "Judge, I know part of the reason I'm in hot water is because I lied through my fucking teeth to banks to get them to give me loans, but now that I can't get loans anymore, I'm outta money, and that's totes unfair, so can I pretty please get loans again?"
Yeah, if you have billions in assets, you can liquidate some of them to pay up. The only way you are unable to pay is if your assets are not actually worth enough.
They're actually kind of doing that in the E. Jean Carroll case. His "appeal bond" has to be 110% of the judgment award, so he has to put up 91.6 million instead of the 83.3 million she was awarded. My understanding is that the extra is to cover the interest that might accrue during the appeals process in the event that she still wins.
The ruling prohibits him from applying for loans from any institution “chartered or registered with the New York Department of Financial Services.” New York City is a global financial hub, so the registered clause is going to affect many banks that are headquartered outside of New York.
No, but he would immediately appoint a Fed AG would would try to substitute the government for him in the case (Barr did that in the E. Jean Carrol #1 case), which would effectively stall it out indefinitely. Then, he just overthrows the election to make himself dictator for life and bam! No worries.
So there should be an announcement this week of assets to be seized, right? Or Letitia goes on the pile of officials in deteliction of their duty to law.