Trump posts $175 million bond to avert asset seizure; gag order expanded

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : If Trump wins, he won't have to pay the state anything and will get back the money he has put up now.
52% : Fraud case bondThe bond Trump is posting with the court now is essentially a placeholder, meant to guarantee payment if the judgment is upheld.
52% : Trump's lawyers fought the gag order and its expansion, arguing that Trump was engaging in protected political campaign speech.
50% : In addition to the $175 million he had to put up in the New York case, Trump posted a bond and cash worth more than $97 million to cover money he owes to writer E. Jean Carroll while he appeals verdicts in a pair of federal civil trials.
43% : Trump denies any wrongdoing, saying the statements actually lowballed his fortune, came with disclaimers and weren't taken at face value by the institutions that lent to or insured him.
38% : In February, Trump paid the $392,638 in legal fees a judge ordered him to cover for The New York Times and three reporters after he unsuccessfully sued them over a Pulitzer Prize-winning 2018 story about his family's wealth and tax practices.
37% : NationalJudge expands Trump's gag order after ex-president's social media posts about judge's daughterBy MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated PressGag order in hush-money caseJudge Juan M. Merchan said his original gag order -- barring Trump from making public statements about jurors, witnesses and others connected to the case -- did not include Merchan's family members, but Trump's subsequent attacks warranted including them.
33% : In March, a British court ordered Trump to pay to pay legal fees of $382,000 to a company he unsuccessfully sued over the so-called Steele dossier that contained salacious allegations about him.
33% : Trump denies wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records.
28% : #donaldtrump #trump #news #borderNEW YORK -- Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday in his New York civil fraud case, halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes and preventing the state from seizing his assets to satisfy the debt while he appeals, according to a court filing.
24% : Trump said those claims were false.
20% : Trump is fighting to overturn a judge's Feb. 16 finding that he lied about his wealth as he fostered the real estate empire that launched him to stardom and the presidency.
15% : Trump remains free to criticize Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the elected Democrat whose office is prosecuting Trump.
14% : Meanwhile, the judge in Trump's hush-money criminal case on Monday declared his daughter off-limits to the former president's rancor, expanding a gag order days after Trump assailed and made false claims about her on social media.
13% : Prosecutors urged Merchan to clarify or expand his gag order after Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that Loren Merchan "makes money by working to 'Get Trump,'" and wrongly accused her of posting a social media photo showing him behind bars.
5% : Donald Trump falsely claims migrants are displacing NYC students in spite of empty seats in city schoolsDonald Trump falsely claims migrants are displacing NYC students in spite of empty seats in city schools0

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