(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump said Friday he has enough cash on hand to cover the New York civil judgment against him and his business but wants to use that money to get re-elected.
In a series of posts on Truth Social, Trump made it clear he wants to hang on to both his cash and his real estate portfolio. New York Attorney General Letitia James has said she will take steps to seize Trump’s assets if he doesn’t put up the money.
Monday is the deadline for Trump to come up with $464 million, plus interest, or a bond for that amount to appeal a civil case that threatens his presidential campaign and his real estate portfolio.
“Through hard work, talent, and luck, I currently have almost five hundred million in cash, a substantial amount of which I intended to use in my campaign for president,” Trump wrote in all caps Friday morning.
Trump is appealing a ruling by Superior Court Judge Arthur Engoron in a civil fraud lawsuit brought by James in 2022.
In another post, Trump wrote: “So one Corrupt, Radical Left Judge in New York, a Trump hater a the highest level, can disobey and laugh at the Appellate Division Ruling that gives me victory, and confiscate New York property from me that took a lifetime of hard work to accumulate and build? It sounds like COMMUNISM to me! THERE SHOULD BE NO FINE, I DID NOTHING WRONG.”
Engoron found that Trump, his company and top executives – including his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump – deceived banks and insurers by inflating the value of his family’s wealth on financial statements used to secure loans.
The judge ordered Trump to pay $355 million in penalties, which, with interest, has grown to nearly $464 million.
Trump has said he can’t get a bond for the amount and asked to put up a $100 million bond instead. James has said she will seek “judgment enforcement mechanisms in court” if Trump can’t come up with the money. That could include seizing his real estate holdings.
Harassing a US President, while a criminal sits comfortably in the White House is nothing less than a national disgrace .
It appears that this treasonous, traitorous, Nazi, socialist Democrat Party dictatorship has the free reign to do whatever it wants, regardless of the U.S. Constitution or our U.S. laws.
This Treasonous, dishonest, destructive, woke, immoral, Socialist Democrat Party’s and their Democrat RINOs objective is to deliberately lie, cheat and steal. To disregard the U.S. Constitution and our laws, in order to take total control of the American people by restricting U.S. citizens their constitutional rights and freedoms, including freedom of speech. Stopping oil production, increase Spending, Taxes and the inflation cost of everything and bring American commerce and economy to its knees and to promote Socialism, enforced by their political DOJ, their FBI Gestapo and IRS.
Then access power and retain it by any means available –
No matter the costs to the people, the government, or the nation.
This treasonous, destructive, immoral, lying, woke, socialist Democrat Party, their Democrat RINOs and their corrupt, demented, obedient sock-puppet president Joe B. OBiden’s administration has become our country’s most destructive and deadliest ENEMY!
IT SHOULD be.. BUT dems have proven time and time again, THEY HAVE NO SHAME…
D.A.s like Letitia James and her nit wit judge are exactly what tar and feathers were designed to cure. If 21st century justice can no longer be acquired, then maybe THE PEOPLE should apply the tried and true Justice of the 18th and 19th century to revive the images of the now extinct Dodo Birds, that like Trump they would hunt down to extinction.
Its imo, honestly LONG PAST the tarrng and feathering stage, for these traitors to our nation and its laws..
We’re witnessing the GOAT. Mr. Trump will not be paying anything with his own money. The “MAGA” follower donations, gym shoe sales and cash flow from the family run RNC will be enough cash to settle any court responsibilities. Doesn’t get any better than this. We’re witnessing the GOAT in action.
When all the dust settles, the only thing blubber James will be holding is her *** that has been handed to her
I wish that were true…