Reducing the bond and expecting that he can come up with the full judgement later on is about as stupid as it gets. He was just convicted for MASSIVE FRAUD. He will never pay the entire judgment. Hoping this somehow helps him get there is the dumbest damn thing this appellate court could do.

And yes, he IS getting special treatment. At the same time he was whining about being too poor to pay, he said he had MORE than the judgement in cash.

he's still in deep doo doo.

Or any other rich asshole from following his lead, if he gets to walk away from all of it?

accrued interest.

That's awesome news!

I doubt he feels much pressure about this at all. After all, he only has to whine and he's given another break.

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From what i heard from the pundits & legal experts on msnbc, the issue here is how entangled his assets are. No one outside of him & his kids know how much of these assets are mortgaged or owned by other entities. So what they will most likely go after are the more liquidable assets first.

I doubt he has one unencumbered asset. After all, it's how he built his house of fraud - use one property, inflate its worth to get a loan using it as collateral, buy another, then use that (with inflated worth) to buy another, etc. So I'll bet he owns nothing outright.

get to his financial records. Now that there is a monitor in charge of oversight of all of his companies' operations it's highly likely that w be a channel through which the AG's office can gain access to at least some of the Con's records.

It's like a house of cards

So what happens if the AG forces the sale of one of his properties? It was likely used as collateral for another loan that may have been used to buy another property, then that one was used as collateral.....and on and on. What happens when the card on the bottom is pulled out? The whole thing comes crashing down. I don't envy Letitia James the job of sorting out this garbage. But maybe she doesn't have to?

Whether he makes it easy or hard, New York will outlive him.

That’s assuming he doesn’t win the appeals and doesn’t have the settlement drastically reduced.
Either of those are more likely than him having to pay the settlement.

Why it did what it did and that is telling.

Not one word why they granted the appeal.

I agree, that is the tell that they knew they had no leg to stand on.
It was just a favor for Trump.

Link to tweet

Yes, the judgement is still in effect. ON PAPER. He'll never pay it.

He still OWES the full amount of the fine. But he got a reprieve on the requirement of a full down payment so that he can proceed with the appeal. The NYS Appellate Court acknowledges that every American is entitled to appeal the lower court's decision. The Appellate Court is willing to give him the hearing, however there's no promise of anything favorable.

In fact, there's little chance that they will overrule Judge Engoron. The initial ruling will stand after all is said and done. Chump still owes the full amount PLUS INTEREST, unless the appellate judges give him a break on the final figure. Judge Engoron anticipated that there would be an appeal, and he probably left a little wiggle room in the fine amount, so that the appellate judges could give Chump a "reduction" and make him think he got a "win."

I have no doubt that AG James is aware of all of this, and she understands how it will play out. Until further notice, Chump still owes the entire amount, plus interest.

Ask any court.
The name is trump, donald trump.


38 months and counting (includes foot dragging)