Mark Lansbury

2024-04-06 11:41:25

Trump’s Lawyers Did Not Disclose Proposal to Put Up Full $464 Million Bond

His lawyers had told the appellate court it was a “practical impossibility” to get a bond for the full amount of the lower court’s judgment, $464 million. All of the 30 or so firms #Trump had approached balked, either refusing to take the risk or not wanting to accept real estate as collateral, they said. That made raising the full amount “an impossible bond requirement.”

But before the judges ruled, the impossible became possible: A billionaire lender approached Trump about providing a bond for the full amount.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-bond-disclosure-appeals-court-hankey?utm_source=Despora

#criminals #bond #liar #illegal #crime #courts #NewYork

Trump’s Lawyers Told the Court That No One Would Give Him a Bond. Then He Got a Lifeline, but They Didn’t Tell the Judges.

An appeals court reduced Trump’s bond by more than 60% after his attorneys claimed it was a “practical impossibility” to pay the full amount. Their failure to disclose a proposal from a billionaire financier may have violated ethics rules.

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