Trump posts a $175 million bond to avert asset seizure as he appeals NY fraud penalty - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : They said most bonding companies require collateral covering 120% of the amount owed.Trump recently claimed to have almost a half-billion dollars in cash -- along with billions of dollars worth of real estate and other assets -- but said he wanted to have some cash available for his presidential run.
54% : If Trump wins, he won't have to pay the state anything and will get back the money he has put up now.
53% : The bond Trump is posting with the court now is essentially a placeholder, meant to guarantee payment if the judgment is upheld.
52% : In addition to the $175 million he had to put up in the New York case, Trump has posted a bond and cash worth more than $97 million to cover money he owes to writer E. Jean Carroll while he appeals verdicts in a pair of federal civil trials.
43% : Trump denies any wrongdoing, saying the statements actually lowballed his fortune, came with disclaimers and weren't taken at face value by the institutions that lent to or insured him.
38% : In February, Trump paid the $392,638 in legal fees a judge ordered him to cover for The New York Times and three reporters after he unsuccessfully sued them over a Pulitzer Prize-winning 2018 story about his family's wealth and tax practices.
35% : In March, a British court ordered Trump to pay to pay legal fees of 300,000 pounds ($382,000) to a company he unsuccessfully sued over the so-called Steele dossier that contained salacious allegations about him.
24% : Trump said those claims were false.
20% : Trump is fighting to overturn a judge's Feb. 16 finding that he lied about his wealth as he fostered the real estate empire that launched him to stardom and the presidency.

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