There was no law broken. None. Zero. |
How do you figure? |
Appellate court just reduced bond to $175 million and Trump has 10 days to post.
The decision also stayed Engoron's ruling barring Trump from serving as an officer or director of a NY company for three years and barred Trump and his corporate defendants from applying for loans from New York lenders over the same period. |
Yep. Slithers out of meaningful consequences again. |
Tell you what, you tell the bank one number to get a loan on your house, and appeal the appraisal for the same house at half the price to your jurisidiction of domicile and see how that goes for you. |
I loathe Trump and want to see him in jail, but I think that's perfectly fair. Remember, it's only the bond for the appeal that's been reduced, not the actual disgorgement he has to pay. He's probably going to lose his appeal and meanwhile, the enormous interest will keep climbing! Which means he will owe, when all is said and done, a STAGGERING SUM he will not be able to pay. The game is always to delay, since he hopes to become President and freeze all these trials. But there is an extremely low probability that he will be elected, because his political extremism and cognitive decline on display aren't making him any friends outside of the MAGA base, which is insufficient to hoist him to power. The actual sum he owes will be close to a billion by the time the appeal is done. |
That’s an interesting point. I didn’t realize that the interest keeps accruing while he appeals. If he were to pay in escrow the full amount today, would that stay the interest clock? |
I really think he's going to get the $$ owed reduced. He's a master of the art of the deal. |
I bet he can't get this amount either. |
No, he’s a master of finding loopholes and exploiting them. |
Trump violated executive law 63(12). |
He’s not the master of the art of the deal (that’s all smoke and mirrors), but I think today’s ruling is a bad omen that he will never be held accountable the way anyone else would. He can be corrupt through and through, embarrassingly ignorant, sloppy in the commission of his crimes, completely unrepentant, lie at every turn, fail to follow any of the court’s instructions, disrupt proceedings, have incompetent legal representation and STILL be accommodated. I just appreciate the fact that he’s been under tremendous stress the last few days, thinking his luck might be running out. |