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President Trump fired off this week about the whopping multi-million-dollar judgment that has been levied against him in the wake of New York Judge Arthur Engoron’s shocking ruling in February – amid a rapidly approaching Monday deadline to post bond.
The president slammed New York State Attorney General Letitia James, who kick-started and pushed the case forward, writing on Truth Social, “THE NEW YORK A.G. USED A STATUTE TO GO AFTER ME THAT HAS NEVER BEEN USED BEFORE, NOT ONCE, FOR SUCH A PURPOSE. IT, IN AND OF ITSELF, IS SOOO UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND UNFAIR.”
He noted that under the statute, “I GET NO JURY AND HAVE NO RIGHTS.” He said the all the rights had been given to “A CORRUPT, TRUMP HATING JUDGE, WHO CAME UP WITH A CRAZY, OUT OF THIN AIR AWARD, IN ORDER TO DAMAGE ME POLITICALLY, AND NOT ALLOW ME TO USE ANY OF THE LARGE AMOUNT OF CASH I HAVE BUILT UP OVER THE YEARS, THROUGH HARD WORK, INSIGHT, INSTINCT, AND DILIGENCE, ON MY POLITICAL CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT.”
In another Truth Social post, President Trump said that he had “ALMOST FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN CASH,” which he explained he “INTENDED TO USE IN MY CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT.”
Thus far, Trump has been unable to secure the bond amount needed to stop the state attorney general from seizing his assets, RSBN previously reported. The deadline to do so is on Monday, March 25, and AG James has already taken steps toward seizing Westchester County property from the president.
According to Fox News, Trump’s lawyers have argued that paying a bond in the judgment’s full amount would be an “impossibility.”
The president continued, “I DID NOTHING WRONG! THIS IS SIMPLY A ‘TAKING.’ MUCH LIKE WHAT IS DONE IN COMMUNIST COUNTRIES, AND WILL LEAVE AN IRREPARABLE STAIN ON NEW YORK STATE AND ITS JUDICIAL SYSTEM. IT IS TOTALLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL, INCLUDING THE HARSH GAG ORDER IMPOSED. THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS WAS ALREADY RULED ON, FOR ME!”
Despite the bleak situation for Trump in the civil suit in New York, on Friday, news broke that Digital World Acquisition Corp.(DWAC) and Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) had merged in the wake of an official shareholder vote, per the Associated Press. The president owns millions of shares in the company and stands to net more than an estimated $3 billion from the merger based on current DWAC stock prices.
Such a windfall could certainly cover the bond amount – however, he would not be able to access the funds before Monday’s appeal deadline. Via the AP, Trump has to wait six months before he can “cash out” on his shares.