Judge Engoron's Trump ruling might be falling apart

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Engoron, who oversaw the trial, found that Trump inflated his assets to get more favorable business loans.
47% : "In September 2022, New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Trump, his two adult sons -- Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump -- the Trump Organization, and two firm executives, Allen Weisselberg and Jeff McConney.
43% : Monday, the First Department of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court reduced the bond Trump had to post in the case from $454 million to $175 million.
40% : Greg Germain, a law professor at Syracuse University in New York, told Newsweek that Trump had a strong case to challenge Judge Arthur Engoron's "seriously flawed" ruling that the former president must pay $454 million for overinflating the value of his assets.
38% : "He continued: "So Trump has some strong legal arguments to make on appeal.
35% : To appeal the fraud ruling, Trump has to first pay the full amount of the penalty.
32% : On February 16, Engoron ruled that Trump would have to pay about $454 million in penalties, including interest.
29% : If Trump raises the money, the court will put a stay on any enforcement proceedings against his assets while he appeals the fraud judgment.
23% : As part of the ruling, Trump, Weisselberg and McConney would also be barred from serving as officers or directors of any New York corporation or other legal entity in the state for three years.
22% : He added that he believed Trump had "zero chance of overturning Judge Engoron's factual findings that his financial statement was grossly overstated.
3% : Germain said he believed Trump had "much stronger arguments" to attack Engoron's conclusion that the New York attorney general did not have to prove that anyone relied on Trump's exaggerated claims to punish Trump.

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