Posted on 03/21/2024 1:15:06 PM PDT by Red Badger
Marxist tyrant Letitia James took the first step in seizing Trump’s assets on Thursday after his attorney said he was unable to secure a bond to appeal the massive judgment in the NYC fraud case.
Letitia James filed judgments in Westchester County where Trump’s private estate and golf course is located.
President Trump has four days to either pay the judgment or convince the appellate court to allow him to defer the payment pending appeal.
Trump’s attorneys fought back in a court filing on Thursday.
“By demanding an undertaking in the full amount of the judgment in order to appeal, the Attorney General and Supreme Court have sought to impose a patently unreasonable, unjust, and unconstitutional (under both the Federal and New York State Constitutions) bond condition,” Trump’s lawyers wrote.
CNN reported:
The New York attorney general’s office has filed judgments in Westchester County, the first indication that the state is preparing to try to seize Donald Trump’s golf course and private estate north of Manhattan, known as Seven Springs.
State lawyers entered the judgments with the clerk’s office in Westchester County on March 6, just one week after Judge Arthur Engoron made official his $464 million decision against Trump, his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization.
Entering a judgment would be the first step a creditor would take to attempt to recover property. Additional steps, such as putting liens on assets or moving to foreclose on properties, or taking other actions in court would follow, if the asset is going to be seized.
The judgment is already entered in New York city where Trump’s properties including Trump Tower, his penthouse at Trump Tower, 40 Wall Street, his hotel abutting Central Park, and numerous apartment buildings are located.
President Trump’s lawyers on Monday in a court filing said Trump has been unable to secure a bond in order to appeal Letitia James’ $454 million judgment.
Letitia James last month threatened to seize Trump’s assets.
Last month President Trump offered to post a $100 million bond and asked for a stay of the $464 million judgment in Letitia James Soviet-style NYC fraud trial.
“The exorbitant and punitive amount of the Judgment coupled with an unlawful and unconstitutional blanket prohibition on lending transactions would make it impossible to secure and post a complete bond,” Trump’s defense lawyers wrote in the filing. “Appellants nonetheless plan to secure and post a bond in the amount of $100 million.”
Trump has been unable to secure a bond for the judgment’s full amount his lawyers said on Monday.
Trump’s “ongoing diligent efforts have proven that a bond in the judgment’s full amount is ‘a practical impossibility,’” Trump’s lawyers said, accordin to NBC News. “These diligent efforts have included approaching about 30 surety companies through 4 separate brokers.”
Letitia James sought $370 million in ‘damages’ when there is no victim in this fraud case and she also sought to ban Trump and his sons from operating any businesses in New York. She accused Trump of inflating his assets and defrauding lenders and insurance companies.
Last month Judge Engoron ordered Trump to pay more than a $355 million fine and barred Trump “from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in New York for a period of three years.”
Engoron claimed Trump and each of the defendants “participated in aiding and abetting the conspiracy to commit insurance fraud by their individual acts in falsifying business records and valuations, causing materially fraudulent SFCs to be intentionally submitted to insurance companies.”
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump were also ordered to pay millions of dollars in fines.
Trump Org. CFO Allen Weisselberg was ordered to pay $1 million.
The $355 million judgment PLUS daily interest has swelled to $464 million.
President Trump on Thursday defended himself against the radical tyrants in New York targeting him for ruin.
“Even though I did nothing wrong, a Radical Left New York Judge, a true Trump Hater, Arthur Engoron (Are we allowed to speak about his Unconstitutional Gag Order?), picked a number out of THIN AIR, $355,000,000, plus interest (reminiscent of John Lovitz, “The Liar,” on SNL when it was good), & wants me to bond it, which is not possible for bonding companies to do in such a high amount, before I can even Appeal. That is CRAZY! If I sold assets, and then won the Appeal, the assets would be forever gone. Also, putting up money before an Appeal is VERY EXPENSIVE. When I win the Appeal, all of that money is gone, and I would have done nothing wrong. The Crooked Judge, who has already been overturned 4 times on this case (a record!), fully understands this. He gave us a demand which he knows is impossible to do. This Witch Hunt, between a bad Judge and a Corrupt & Racist Attorney General, is horrible for New York. Businesses are FLEEING, while Violent Crime flourishes. ELECTION INTERFERENCE!” Trump said in a Truth Social post on Thursday.
We all keep saying things like this, always expecting that "somebody" will "do something". Time we all face the fact that, WE are the somebodies and WE aren't doing a thing. We are cowards. The Left proves this every single day.
A little karma is good for the soul and this ghettopotamus needs a sewage truck load of it. Friggin’ New Yawk ho.
A long, long permanent break!
You said, “legal muster”😂😂😂
If only we had some measure of standard
Reminding me of the 2016 campaign season ... when so many NTs (if you’re not for Trump, at this point, you ARE a Biden supporter!!) were given the boot.
Well thank you John Bolton
Thanks! OMG this makes it even worse. I truly wish somebody with big bucks would come forward for President Trump. This really is a travesty.
When the revolution comes, and it will, these people go up against the wall.
NYS is hoping to get a lot of tourism revenue from people coming for the eclipse.
My suggestion for people who are loyal to our former republic: Don’t come here. Don’t spend your money here. When you do that you give succor to our common enemy.
Don’t visit here.
Don’t buy from here.
And I say this as someone who lives here.
“Hang yourself, brave Krylon, for we fought at Arques today and you were not there.”
BTTT
Genesis 18
32 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?”
He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”
33 When the Lord had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.
Yes the voters because election fraud is built into the system by the democrat party.
It’s a die on your feet or live on your knees moment communism is making it’s stand and so are the voters.
One more democrat election win and we will be a China nation.
Turley was on today. Said as a life long Democrat he is appalled by the actions of the NY courts.I have heard him mention recourse to the federal courts but isn’t Sotomore in charge of the circuit that would take the case for Supremes? Any Constitution law folks out there who can tell me if another justice can pick up the case? Turley did say the farthest he would have went was to monitor Trumps business for a few years if guilty.
That pollster (Democrat) who is always on during elections said yesterday if they seize any of Trumps property they guarantee Trump the election
Agree the democrats have made big mistakes now even the independent voters numbers are growing at a fast rate and Biden’s are tanking they fear that the most.
We already are - the Dems and RINOs have sold us out.
There is hope some good ones in the arena the left tends to brag about more then the have lies are their life style.
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