Trump may have to hold "fire sale" for his assets

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Trump and his team have indicated they plan to appeal the February 16 judgment order from Judge Arthur Engoron.
44% : So Trump would have to mortgage or sell his real estate portfolio to obtain the cash he needs to find an underwriter.
42% : With fees and interest, he said, Trump would need to come up with more than $550 million.
38% : "Insurance broker Gary Giulietti, who testified for Trump during the fraud trial, signed an affidavit submitted to the court Monday that said it was "a practical impossibility" for the former president to obtain the bond since none of the biggest underwriters would be comfortable accepting real estate.
31% : That has proved to be a challenge for Trump, whose legal fees continue to mount as he fights the various civil and criminal cases against him.
27% : On Monday, his attorneys told a New York appeals court that despite approaching 30 underwriters to back the bond, Trump cannot find an insurance company to underwrite a bond that would cover the judgment against him.
27% : Trump raged against Engoron on Tuesday, accusing the judge of "trying to take my Appellate Rights away from me.
25% : On Tuesday, Trump said in a Truth Social post that he would be "forced to mortgage or sell Great Assets, perhaps at Fire Sale prices" if he wants to fight the judgment in New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit against him.
22% : Donald Trump may have to hold a "fire sale" for his assets to appeal the $454 million civil fraud judgment against him.

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