Drops by more than half of punitive amount
By Bob Unruh
(Official White House photo by Tia Dufour)
A bond demanded by a leftist judge in New York who decided in a case that had no victims that President Donald Trump committed fraud and should be fined almost half a billion dollars has been slapped down by an appeals court.
The Daily Caller News Foundation reports the ruling means the court will block collection of Engoron’s judgment, a punishment demanded by New York Attorney General Letitia James as the answer to her campaign promise to “get” Trump, if Trump’s companies are able to post a bond of $175 million in 20 days.
The original deadline for the bond was Monday. And Trump’s lawyers already had offered to post a bond of $100 million to appeal Engoron’s punishment.
Trump said, “Judge Engoron has refused to obey the decision of the Appellate Division relative to the Statute of Limitations. This is a confrontation between a Judge and those that rule above him – A very bad situation in which to place New York State and the Rule of Law!
“Engoron has disrespected the Appellate Division and its very clear and precise ruling. He should be made to do so, and at the same time, release the GAG ORDER. This is the 5th time in this case that he has been overturned, a record. His credibility, and that of Letitia James, has been shattered.