UPDATE: In an unexpected decision that throws him a lifeline, the appellate division GRANTED Trump’s request to lower the bond amount and is allowing him to seek a bond worth $175 million in 10 days. This has caught most folks off guard, admittedly, as fairly much no one was expecting him to catch yet another break. From what I can tell, the panel appeared to agree that Judge Engoron’s original verdict is likely to get knocked down a lot on appeal, so to require the full amount would be unfair and burdensome. I’m quite disappointed in the panel’s decision and will post more when we we can dissect it.
Stupid motherf***er just had his appeal bond lowered to $145 million with 10 day extension to file it. But, sure, let’s send a kid to Riker’s for a year for shoplifting because he can’t bond out. This is the rankest injustice imaginable this week.
I thought that bankruptcy wasn't an option for criminal fines like this. Regardless, I hope he's mentally and emotionally suffering because of this. It is, after all a situation of his own making. He was getting away with all of this for years. Then he decided to run for President. Technically, the magnifying glass should have burned way hotter during his first, second, and now third campaign, but here we are. If the media had done its job in 2015-16, he never would've made it into the WH. Some in the media have finally started a bit of pushback, but then there's NBC hiring Ronna, so still work to be done, apparently.
Years ago I obtained default judgments for my Missouri based client against numerous New York vendors. The defendants declined to pay until I garnished their accounts at the May Company, now Macys, then based in Missouri. With the garnishment pending they couldn’t pay fast enough. Similarly, James can garnish Trump’s accounts at whatever institutions hold his cash and other securities. She can freeze, even if she doesn’t seize just yet. The result so far as Trump is concerned will be the same, loss of use of the assets. My guess is Trump will do whatever he has to in order to get out of that box.
“Buckle up, it could be a bumpy week.” When was the last time it wasn’t a bumpy week? I keep hoping it’s sufficiently bumpy for just one person, that he gets ejected from the roller coaster and finally, as he promised in 2020, we never hear from him again!
UPDATE: The appeals court just caved to the treason weasel, lowering the bond to $175 million and giving him 10 more days - WTF! He. Always. Gets. Away. With. IT! ARRRGGG!
“Trump’s lawyers have argued that a bond that size is a “practical impossibility” and are asking an appellate panel to cut it down or waive it.”
I love this bit. Trump has spent decades inflating his wealth, but now whines he has no wealth. He inflates his value to get loans then says he’s a pauper to pay taxes and bills.
Pay up. And he keeps saying that there has never been anything like this bond. There has and they have been higher. I wish some of these people who had to pay these higher bonds would step up and say shut up. Trump is whining because he’s not being treated like he’s special. He’s being treated like he’s normal. He’s not used to that. Too bad.
He is so used to stall, stall, stall and eventually wearing the courts down to a "win" for him. I sure hope this time they all have stronger backbones and tell him in on uncertain terms "NO...you lose."
I can’t remember where I saw it first (and Substack’s search function is ^*+= so I can’t find it), but: Donald Trump is not trying to win these cases in the way a normal defendant would, through legal means. Just like he’s not running for president the way a normal person would, through political means.
We’re watching a not-very-bright, not-very-well 77-year-old find out for the first time that (some of) the rules apply to him, and he is completely freaking out about it; he wants to destroy the entire legal/political system over it, and unfortunately, because of the influence and reach he has because of his former job, he has enough helpers to give him a nonzero chance of doing it.
"We shouldn’t expect theatrics, but rather the filing of liens on several key properties, such as 40 Wall Street and the Silver Springs estate, and the freezing of his bank accounts. "
But, I *want* theatrics. What I really want is for the New York Army National Guard to roll up to 40 Wall Street, evacuate the building, and blow it to smithereens as a show of force and a way of telling Merrick Garland that he has dilly dallied long enough.
The “Justice” system in the US appears horribly broken.
Why are all of tRump’s cases getting all of this preferential treatment?
How can the US “Justice” system drag it’s feet on some of the most important cases before it that will impact ALL of us?!
I simply don’t buy the bullshit that everyone in the “Justice” system is just too busy and backed up to deal with a fascist criminal who’s trying to stage ANOTHER coup of the US.
What can be more important than getting to the bottom of these cases??!
Hate to say it but it seems ever clearer to me that there'll never be "justice" for Trump. We live in a two tier system of justice and on top of that, he's packed the courts. He's done tremendous damage to this country. More than courts can right even if they were inclined to hold him accountable.
The only way is winning big in November. With the main stream media compounding the challenges we face (really, now we have Ronna McDaniel on NBC as well as on-going prejudicial horror at the NYTimes and others . . . ), we have a monumental fight ahead of us. We need to stop paying so much attention, and writing constantly, about the court cases and focus on what it's going to take to win. Please, all, let's do more of the work that counts.
With each passing court ruling my faith in the fairness of our legal system sinks lower. I suggest that the saying which appears above the entrance to the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. - “EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW” - be removed immediately. It is clearly a lie.
According to The Guardian Judge Merchan started the questions this morning by asking team traitor why they waited so long to bring the document issues to him. The answer seemed lame to me, basically "the process was ongoing the last time we met on Feb 15th.
Bonus fact: 10% of the positions for trumps stock are people selling the stock short. Not a good indicator for him to sell his shares.
UPDATE: In an unexpected decision that throws him a lifeline, the appellate division GRANTED Trump’s request to lower the bond amount and is allowing him to seek a bond worth $175 million in 10 days. This has caught most folks off guard, admittedly, as fairly much no one was expecting him to catch yet another break. From what I can tell, the panel appeared to agree that Judge Engoron’s original verdict is likely to get knocked down a lot on appeal, so to require the full amount would be unfair and burdensome. I’m quite disappointed in the panel’s decision and will post more when we we can dissect it.
Stupid motherf***er just had his appeal bond lowered to $145 million with 10 day extension to file it. But, sure, let’s send a kid to Riker’s for a year for shoplifting because he can’t bond out. This is the rankest injustice imaginable this week.
I thought that bankruptcy wasn't an option for criminal fines like this. Regardless, I hope he's mentally and emotionally suffering because of this. It is, after all a situation of his own making. He was getting away with all of this for years. Then he decided to run for President. Technically, the magnifying glass should have burned way hotter during his first, second, and now third campaign, but here we are. If the media had done its job in 2015-16, he never would've made it into the WH. Some in the media have finally started a bit of pushback, but then there's NBC hiring Ronna, so still work to be done, apparently.
Years ago I obtained default judgments for my Missouri based client against numerous New York vendors. The defendants declined to pay until I garnished their accounts at the May Company, now Macys, then based in Missouri. With the garnishment pending they couldn’t pay fast enough. Similarly, James can garnish Trump’s accounts at whatever institutions hold his cash and other securities. She can freeze, even if she doesn’t seize just yet. The result so far as Trump is concerned will be the same, loss of use of the assets. My guess is Trump will do whatever he has to in order to get out of that box.
“Buckle up, it could be a bumpy week.” When was the last time it wasn’t a bumpy week? I keep hoping it’s sufficiently bumpy for just one person, that he gets ejected from the roller coaster and finally, as he promised in 2020, we never hear from him again!
UPDATE: The appeals court just caved to the treason weasel, lowering the bond to $175 million and giving him 10 more days - WTF! He. Always. Gets. Away. With. IT! ARRRGGG!
“Trump’s lawyers have argued that a bond that size is a “practical impossibility” and are asking an appellate panel to cut it down or waive it.”
I love this bit. Trump has spent decades inflating his wealth, but now whines he has no wealth. He inflates his value to get loans then says he’s a pauper to pay taxes and bills.
Pay up. And he keeps saying that there has never been anything like this bond. There has and they have been higher. I wish some of these people who had to pay these higher bonds would step up and say shut up. Trump is whining because he’s not being treated like he’s special. He’s being treated like he’s normal. He’s not used to that. Too bad.
He is so used to stall, stall, stall and eventually wearing the courts down to a "win" for him. I sure hope this time they all have stronger backbones and tell him in on uncertain terms "NO...you lose."
I can’t remember where I saw it first (and Substack’s search function is ^*+= so I can’t find it), but: Donald Trump is not trying to win these cases in the way a normal defendant would, through legal means. Just like he’s not running for president the way a normal person would, through political means.
We’re watching a not-very-bright, not-very-well 77-year-old find out for the first time that (some of) the rules apply to him, and he is completely freaking out about it; he wants to destroy the entire legal/political system over it, and unfortunately, because of the influence and reach he has because of his former job, he has enough helpers to give him a nonzero chance of doing it.
"We shouldn’t expect theatrics, but rather the filing of liens on several key properties, such as 40 Wall Street and the Silver Springs estate, and the freezing of his bank accounts. "
But, I *want* theatrics. What I really want is for the New York Army National Guard to roll up to 40 Wall Street, evacuate the building, and blow it to smithereens as a show of force and a way of telling Merrick Garland that he has dilly dallied long enough.
The “Justice” system in the US appears horribly broken.
Why are all of tRump’s cases getting all of this preferential treatment?
How can the US “Justice” system drag it’s feet on some of the most important cases before it that will impact ALL of us?!
I simply don’t buy the bullshit that everyone in the “Justice” system is just too busy and backed up to deal with a fascist criminal who’s trying to stage ANOTHER coup of the US.
What can be more important than getting to the bottom of these cases??!
Hate to say it but it seems ever clearer to me that there'll never be "justice" for Trump. We live in a two tier system of justice and on top of that, he's packed the courts. He's done tremendous damage to this country. More than courts can right even if they were inclined to hold him accountable.
The only way is winning big in November. With the main stream media compounding the challenges we face (really, now we have Ronna McDaniel on NBC as well as on-going prejudicial horror at the NYTimes and others . . . ), we have a monumental fight ahead of us. We need to stop paying so much attention, and writing constantly, about the court cases and focus on what it's going to take to win. Please, all, let's do more of the work that counts.
I can’t stop thinking of the violence Trump promises. Bloodbath if he loses, retribution if he wins. Trump = violence
With each passing court ruling my faith in the fairness of our legal system sinks lower. I suggest that the saying which appears above the entrance to the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. - “EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW” - be removed immediately. It is clearly a lie.
According to The Guardian Judge Merchan started the questions this morning by asking team traitor why they waited so long to bring the document issues to him. The answer seemed lame to me, basically "the process was ongoing the last time we met on Feb 15th.
Bonus fact: 10% of the positions for trumps stock are people selling the stock short. Not a good indicator for him to sell his shares.
How did this become a meme stock? Is it just MAGA fans driving the valuation, or are other actors involved?
The Yass connection doesn’t seem to be an adequate explanation. He owns 2% through intermediate companies.
How did this stock valuation of 5B get there with so little revenue, no growth, and large losses?