Donald Trump posts $175 million bond to protect assets from NY AG in civil fraud case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : The help came after Trump, the business entities, and the two sons told a New York appeals court on March 18 that getting a $464 million bond to cover their judgments was "a practical impossibility."
46% : The pressure had been heating up over the past month for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to come up with cash or find a bonding company willing to cover the approximately $454 million judgment that Trump and several of his business entities face.
45% : An appeals court ordered Trump to post $175 million bond.
41% : "Trump lawyer Alina Habba said in a statement Monday that Trump was posting the bond as "promised.
33% : Judge Arthur F. Engoron imposed the judgment, which includes interest, after concluding Trump got better loan and insurance terms by fraudulently inflating the value of his assets over several years.
23% : James emphasized that the full judgment still stands, adding that Trump "is still facing accountability for his staggering fraud.
22% : Trump celebrated in the hours after the ruling, while calling the trial court's judgment of what he owes "ridiculous and outrageous."
21% : Trump had also previously made an emergency request with the appeals court to post just a $100 million appeal bond and have James blocked from collecting.

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