Donald Trump appeals $454m New York civil fraud judgment

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Trump maintains that he is worth several billion dollars and testified last year that he had about $400m in cash, in addition to properties and other investments.
57% : If upheld, Engoron's ruling will force Trump to give up a sizable chunk of his fortune.
56% : Engoron found that Trump, his company and top executives, including his sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr, schemed for years to deceive banks and insurers by inflating his wealth on financial statements used to secure loans and make deals.
49% : James, a Democrat, told ABC News that if Trump is unable to pay, she will seek to seize some of his assets.
43% : If Trump is unsuccessful at the appellate division, he can ask the state's highest court, the court of appeals, to consider taking his case.
40% : Engoron ordered Trump to pay $355m in penalties, but with interest the total has grown to nearly $454m. That total will increase by nearly $112,000 a day until he pays.
35% : Trump had vowed to appeal and his lawyers had been laying the groundwork for months by objecting frequently to Engoron's handling of the trial.
31% : Trump's appeal paperwork did not address whether Trump was seeking to pause collection of the judgment while he appeals by putting up money, assets or an appeal bond covering the amount owed to qualify for an automatic stay.
27% : Trump contends the law she sued him under is a consumer-protection statute that is normally used to rein in businesses that rip off customers.
19% : In January, a jury ordered Trump to pay $83.3m to the writer E Jean Carroll for defaming her after she accused him in 2019 of sexually assaulting her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.
16% : Former president's lawyers ask state's mid-level appeals court to overturn judge Arthur Engoron's verdict Donald Trump has appealed his $454m New York civil fraud judgment, challenging a judge's finding that the former president lied about his wealth as he grew the real estate empire that launched him to stardom and the presidency.

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