• Donald Trump has to cut a fat check, and his appeal of the E. Jean Carroll verdict won’t delay that.
  • Within 30 days of the judge’s written judgment, Trump has to turn over either cash or a bond.
  • While he appeals the verdict, Carroll can’t touch that money — but neither can Trump.
  • teejay@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    He doesn’t have it to hand over

    Yes he does. He has to either pay the judgement to her, or put it in escrow if he plans to appeal.

    That’s over three times what the judge in his fraud trial said Mar-a-Lago was worth (Trump claimed it was worth $1 billion).

    I don’t understand this statement. Are you suggesting that the reason you think he doesn’t have to pay is because it’s a lot of money?

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      9 months ago

      I think you misread what I wrote.

      I said “He doesn’t have it to hand over” not “he doesn’t have to hand it over.”

      He doesn’t have it to hand over because he’s not that rich.

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        9 months ago

        Shoot, my bad, you’re right. I misread that as “he doesn’t have to hand it over”.

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          9 months ago

          No problem. I think I could have been clearer. Chalk it up to the perils of communicating over text with no vocal inflections.

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          9 months ago

          gonna just point out the collective PTSD we are all suffering. I also initially read it incorrectly and didnt bother re-reading because… well… “its the orange asshole - of course he’s avoiding consequence… again!”

          this puss filled ass boil needs to see jail time.

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        9 months ago

        Even after you clarified here I still had to analyse those sentences for the difference

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      9 months ago

      I’m not the person you replied to, but I believe the person is saying “he doesn’t have it, so therefore he cannot hand over something he doesn’t have.”

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      9 months ago

      Yes he does. He has to either pay the judgement to her, or put it in escrow if he plans to appeal

      No he doesn’t. I hate trump as much as anyone else, but all he has to do is get someone else to post bond (he will still have to provide a percentage to cover). There is a long list of people/companies/countries that would take that gamble assuming he gets reelected.