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Dulcinea

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Tue Feb 20, 2024, 11:26 PM Feb 20

Trump faces some half a billion dollars in legal penalties. How will he pay them?

Former President Donald Trump owes legal penalties totaling hundreds of millions of dollars in two civil cases recently decided in New York, raising questions about how he'll pay the staggering amount.

The short answer is that Trump, whose political persona is tied to his career as a wealthy businessman, will either pay himself or have other entities post bond on his behalf.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose office brought the case, said in a statement that when interest is factored in, Trump and other defendants owe more than $450 million overall — an amount "which will continue to increase every single day" until the judgment is paid, she said at news conference.

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/20/1232688266/trump-afford-legal-penalties-civil-cases

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Trump faces some half a billion dollars in legal penalties. How will he pay them? (Original Post) Dulcinea Feb 20 OP
David Cay Johnson predicts he will file for personal bankruptcy like Alex Jones Karadeniz Feb 21 #1

Karadeniz

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1. David Cay Johnson predicts he will file for personal bankruptcy like Alex Jones
Wed Feb 21, 2024, 01:11 AM
Feb 21

did two years ago and he still hasn't paid the Sandy Hook parents. Trump wants time.

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