A New York appeals court on MondayĀ reducedĀ the $454 million that former President Donald Trump was required to put up while he appeals his civil fraud case. Now Trump must put up, by April 4, a mere $175 million. The trouble is, he may not get a bond for that amount, either. Should that happen, this act of judicial mercy will end up feeling to Trump like a curse.
The stay deprives Trump of the only argument on which he was gaining any traction at allāthat the amount the court required him to put up was excessively high. Four hundred and fifty-four million was indeed an unusually large judgment against a private corporation or individual. (The distinction between Trump andĀ the Trump OrganizationĀ is paper-thin.) Mondayās appeals court decision doesnāt reduce that judgment, as New York State Attorney General Letitia James pointed out in a written statement. But it does dramatically reduce the amount Trump needs to turn over to the state while he pursues his appeal. It also gives us some hint that the appeals court may reduceĀ Judge Arthur Engoronās $454 million judgmentĀ to, well, $175 million.
Iām just completely flummoxed as to how judges keep playing right into Trumpās hand on shit like this and then expect the rest of the general public to treat them - and by extension, the entire court system - seriously.
Like, heās got an obvious, provable, and systematic tendency to straight up not pay for shit, and itās documented as a matter of public and legal record. Itās not a mystery. Itās not ambiguous. Itās not justifiable beyond āhe doesnāt like giving money to people that are not himselfā. Itās an unavoidably clear pattern and practice.
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Iām glad heās probably gonna get fucked on the appeal bond, but jesus tapdancing christ the amount of categorically unjustifiable lifelines he has repeatedly gotten handed to him by the courts is simply indefensible.
He wonāt be fucked on the appeal bond, they will lower it and give him 30 more days. Laws are for poor people to obey.
Republicans are good about showing up to every election and vote all the way down the ballot, which helps them pack the courts. They can then do things like this to give their party a better chance at winning an election.
I donāt think the judges even expect us to treat them seriously. At this point theyāre so far above us they donāt even care anymore. Trump already put them in there. Short of dying, they arenāt going anywhere.
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Itās a frustratingly accurate trope