Last week, an appeals court panel gave former President Donald Trump a huge victory by allowing him to post a reduced bond of $175 million in his civil fraud case, rather than the absurd $454 million bond set by the leftist Judge Arthur Engoron.
New York Attorney General Letitia James is not content to rest on her $454 million civil fraud trial victory, even as Trump's debt to the state keeps snowballing, growing by a punishing $5 million in interest since February.No, James still has some unfinished Trump business on her calendar.She is asking hard questions about the $175 million bond that would safeguard at least some of what Trump owes New York while he appeals losing the trial. A hearing on the bond's financial soundness is set for...
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New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued a response after former President Donald Trump's $175 million bond was rejected.In a new legal filing, James "takes exception to the sufficiency of the surety to the undertaking given by Defendants" and the bond issued by Knight Specialty Insurance Company (KSIC) "without a certificate of qualification pursuant to Insurance Law."James wants to know if Knight can pay the $175 million bond.Newsweek reached out to James' office and Trump's legal...
According to former federal prosecutor Eric Lisann, Knight Specialty Insurance won't be allowed to post a $175 million bond for Donald Trump as he appeals a fraud judgment. This statement came in response to lawyer Dave Kingman's assertion that the insurance company wouldn't be able to secure the bond for Trump.
New York Attorney General Letitia James' request for an investigation into whether Donald Trump withheld information during his $464 million civil fraud trial is "extraordinary and wholly improper," defense lawyers argued this week. Allen Weisselberg's new attorney Armen Morian — replacing the officially ousted Alina Habba — teamed up with Trump's attorneys Monday in a new filing contesting James' demand that an court-appointed monitor investigate, court records show. "Mr. Weisselberg...
Wife Of Judge In Trump 'Hush Money' Trial Worked For AG Letitia James Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Lara Merchan, the wife of the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” case in Manhattan, once worked for New York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought the massive $350 million civil fraud case against the former president, with the revelation reviving claims of bias and calls for the judge’s recusal. Former President...
New York Attorney General Letitia James is questioning whether the surety company covering former President Donald Trump’s $175 million bond is capable of fulfilling its obligation.
Former President Donald Trump and his legal team are reportedly running out of time to post the bond for appealing his civil fraud trial verdict before New York Attorney General Letitia James starts seizing his assets, according to a prominent real estate attorney.Attorney Paul Golden, who is a partner at the New York-based law firm Coffey Modica, told Newsweek on Tuesday that if he doesn't have a satisfactory bond by Monday, James' office could begin the asset seizure process as soon as next...
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New York Attorney General Letitia James wants answers on how former President Donald Trump's bond in the civil fraud case is structured — and she is strategizing multiple avenues to get the information she needs, wrote legal expert Lisa Rubin on X."Earlier today, the New York Attorney General filed a motion seeking more information about Trump's $175 million bond in their case," wrote Rubin. "But they're also apparently going at the issue sideways as well through a letter sent to Judge Arthur...
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