Trump fails to secure bond for $454 million judgment in civil fraud case as asset seizures loom

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Trump, two of his adult children and other Trump Organization executives had so far approached the 30 companies through four separate brokers without success, his lawyers said.
41% : Gary Giulietti, an executive with insurance brokerage the Lockton Companies hired by Trump to help get a bond, wrote in the court filing that a bond for the full $464 million is not possible under the circumstances presented.
38% : Trump, 77, has denied wrongdoing and vowed to appeal the judgment, which threatens his family's real estate empire.
33% : A bonding company would be on the hook for any payout if Trump loses his appeal and proves unable to pay.
28% : The lawyers asked that Trump instead be allowed to post a $100 million bond while he appeals the judgment.
20% : Before a three-month, non-jury trial began in October, Engoron found Trump had engaged in fraud by overvaluing properties including his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, his penthouse apartment in Manhattan's Trump Tower, and various office buildings and golf courses.
18% : "Trump this month posted a $91.6 million bond to cover an $83.3 million defamation verdict for the writer E. Jean Carroll while he appeals, in a case that arose from his branding her a liar after she accused him of raping her decades ago.
15% : In the Feb. 16 decision, Engoron wrote that Trump and the other defendants "are incapable of admitting the error of their ways.

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