Court agrees to block collection of Trump's $454 million civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175M

apnews.com Court agrees to block collection of Trump's $454 million civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175M

If former President Donald Trump posts the money, it will prevent the state from seizing his assets while he appeals.

politics @lemmy.world Court agrees to block collection of Trump's $454 million civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175M

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Imagine watching 10 years of Scooby Doo and the bad guy always escapes in the end and is never revealed. That is what reading news about trump feels like.

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- Oh no he's revealed every time and it's the same person and he just shuffles away slowly while they stand there
  
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  So more like Series of Unfortunate Events
  
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Imagine if we all could get our bond reduced to a third of the original amount just by complaining on social media.

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- Don't forget to publicly insult the judges and prosecutors while you're on there. Class act.
  
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  Publicly insult and imply threats.
  
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- My takeawy is if a following of violent men are at your beck and call, you don't have to follow the law. Gang gang.
  
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  This is what he'll be trying to put together this year, inspired by his historical hero, Benito:
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackshirts
  
  I doubt he'll be able to find many Trump Intellectuals to lead it all, but maybe Vlad will lend a hand.
  
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- top tier bullshit
  
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Well does this set a precedent for US Americans moving forward or not ?

"Your Honor, my client would like to be tried as a Donald Trump until the end of the proceedings."

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- Turns out that judges are like a stall vendor in some movie market and you ought to haggle bond prices..
  
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Wow. Fucking terrible allowance.

Does this mean that if I insult my judge and my prosecutor, I won't need to pay the other 2/3rds of my bond as well? Cool.

Good job New York Appellate Division. You have proven that you bend the knee to money. You had a shot at doing this right, and you fucking blew it. I wonder if bribes were involved?

For anyone wondering, this is the Appellate Court of NY: https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/AD1/justicesofthecourt/index.shtml

Edit: Really interested to see the Opening Arguments podcast's take on this.

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Didn't he just say that he had enough cash on hand to cover the bond?

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They could have just, like, not said anything. They could have treated him like every other fuckin Joe Schmoe who goes through the courts - you know, like they’re supposed to. But they just goddamn had to give that limpdick rapist shitfuck a break.

This is me getting slowly and inexorably radicalized by the system “working as intended”.

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Does anyone else have a feeling he won’t be able to come up with this amount either?

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- What? Nooooo…. I’m sure he can, big dick special big boy doughnald tRump is a brazillionaire!
  
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Aint that some bullshit

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Teflon Don

Nothing sticks to him.

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Democratic temerity at its finest.

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Misleading title. The article's title is "pause collection" not "block collection." I think this isn't OP's fault though since the article was probably updated.

It's just a pause while appeals are made.

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