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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Former President Donald Trump owes an additional $87,502 in post-judgment interest every day until he pays the $354 million fine ordered by Judge Arthur Engoron in his civil fraud case, according to ABC News' calculations based on the judge's lengthy ruling in the case.

Judge Engoron on Friday fined Trump $354 million plus approximately $100 million in pre-judgment interest in the civil fraud case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, after he found that Trump and his adult sons had inflated Trump's net worth in order to get more favorable loan terms. The former president has denied all wrongdoing and has said he will appeal.

Engoron ordered Trump to pay pre-judgment interest on each ill-gotten gain -- with interest accruing based on the date of each transaction -- as well as a 9% post-judgment interest rate once the court enters the judgment in the case.

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[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 44 points 10 months ago

Does anyone actually believe he's going to pay any of this? I highly doubt it.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 27 points 10 months ago

If he doesn't, the state has the authority to sell off his assets to recoup the money.

He might not have much cash, but New York real estate isn't cheap.

[-] mPony@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

has that bag of shit Alex Jones paid a fucking dime yet?

[-] dingdongmetacarples@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago

Not yet but his creditors voted to liquidate his assets yesterday (?). The gears are slowly grinding.

[-] scoobford@lemmy.zip 14 points 10 months ago

It's still being drug out. He's lost the case, but tried to hide his assets so that he could declare bankruptcy without actually being bankrupt. The current legal fight is basically to show that he's being a greedy cunt and to force him to sell the assets he has tried to hide.

They have him dead to rights though. He can drag it out, maybe even for several more years, but they will get their pound of flesh.

[-] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

why would you compare that grifter with this basically identical grifter

[-] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 10 months ago

Jones isn't really analogous.

Trump won't declare bankruptcy.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Trump won't declare bankruptcy.

True.

Him being super rich is a major part of his self-image.

[-] stinerman@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago

He has done it several times before.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 18 points 10 months ago

That's fine. He has a lot of properties tha they can -and will- take. He can still appeal, but that might make it even worse, and in the mean time interest is running.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 months ago

I believe to appeal he first has to put 110% of the amount owing in escrow

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

110% plus interest

[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago

If there's one thing I've learned about Trump over the past decade, it is that he always finds a way to weasel out and somehow manage to get millions of conservative votes in the process.

[-] qfe0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 10 months ago

They've already said they'll seize his ny assets if he refuses to pay.

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