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

Mar 18, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    20% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    98% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

-12% Negative

  •   Conservative
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"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."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"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."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Trump, 77, has denied wrongdoing and vowed to appeal the judgment, which threatens his family's real estate empire."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"A bonding company would be on the hook for any payout if Trump loses his appeal and proves unable to pay."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"The lawyers asked that Trump instead be allowed to post a $100 million bond while he appeals the judgment."
Negative
-44% Liberal
"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."
Negative
-60% Liberal
"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."
Negative
-64% Liberal
"In the Feb. 16 decision, Engoron wrote that Trump and the other defendants are incapable of admitting the error of their ways."
Negative
-70% Liberal
"The case, brought by New York state Attorney General Letitia James in September 2022, is one of several legal travails the businessman-turned-Republican candidate faces as he seeks a Nov. 5 election rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"In a court filing on Monday, Trump's lawyers urged a mid-level state appeals court to delay enforcement of the judgment, arguing the amount was excessive."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"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."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"He has also pleaded not guilty in four criminal cases stemming from his efforts to overturn his 2020 loss to Biden, his handling of government documents after leaving office in 2021, and hush money paid before his 2016 election win to a porn star who said she had a sexual encounter with him."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's efforts to secure a bond to cover a $454 million judgment in a New York civil fraud case has been rejected by 30 surety companies, his lawyers said on Monday, inching him closer to the possibility of having his properties seized."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Enforcing an impossible bond requirement as a condition of appeal would inflict manifest irreparable injury on Defendants, Trump's lawyers wrote."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"A bonding company would be on the hook for any payout if Trump loses his appeal and proves unable to pay."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"The lawyers asked that Trump instead be allowed to post a $100 million bond while he appeals the judgment."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"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."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"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."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"In the Feb. 16 decision, Engoron wrote that Trump and the other defendants are incapable of admitting the error of their ways."
Negative
-42% Liberal

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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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