No, Donald Trump was not criminally prosecuted for taking out, repaying loan | Fact check

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : An appeals court ruled in late March that Trump and his co-defendants only have to post a $175 million bond or deposit to shield their assets as they pursue an appeal in the case.
43% : In the end, Engoron ordered Trump to pay $453.5 million in penalties and interest.
36% : A trial to determine what penalties Trump and his company would face began in early October of that year and lasted for more than two months.
34% : "So when Trump takes out a loan and pays it back with interest it's a crime but when you take out a student loan and don't pay it back, then Biden forgives the loan, steals money from the taxpayers to pay it back it's not a crime," reads the post.
26% : James' lawsuit was handled in civil - not criminal - court, meaning Trump was not accused of a crime in the case, as the post claims.
26% : Judge Arthur Engoron, who presided over the case, ruled in late September of last year that Trump and his company committed fraud for years by overvaluing assets, including some of his well-known properties, and inflating his worth on financial statements.
25% : The post is also wrong about the circumstances that led to the lawsuit - and later to a massive financial penalty for Trump.
23% : While Trump never faced criminal charges in the New York fraud case, he does face criminal charges in several other cases.
21% : Fact check: No evidence of Trump selling 'holy oil' to fund legal billsThe financial penalties were based on "ill-gotten gains" Trump acquired by exaggerating his wealth, including money he saved from lower interest rates on loans and profits from selling properties he otherwise would not have been able to develop.
20% : New York's attorney general sued Trump for fraudulently inflating his wealth on financial statements used to get loans and insurance, not for taking out and repaying a loan.
19% : The Trump case referenced in the post is civil, not criminal, which means Trump was not accused of a crime.
9% : The post refers to a lawsuit filed against Trump in 2022 by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who claimed Trump and his company routinely exaggerated his wealth on financial statements used to secure loans and insurance.

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