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Letitia James gets bad news hidden in Donald Trump's bond (www.newsweek.com)

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One line buried in the agreement may be cause for concern for James, according to a new report from The Daily Beast, which described the contact as "bizarre" and "shadier than it looks."

The contract includes a line that if the judgment is "affirmed" or the "appeal is dismissed," the defendants in the case "shall pay to Plaintiff...the sum directed to be paid by the Judgment plus interests and costs or any part of it as to which said Judgment is affirmed," without a guarantee the insurance company would pay.

This essentially means that Trump will be required to pay the judgment if he loses the appeal but leaves questions about whether the insurance would pay if he is unable, essentially leaving James in the same position as before Trump secured the bond, according to the report.

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[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 63 points 6 months ago

Yeah, I’m not sure how this is bad news for anyone but Trump.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 44 points 6 months ago

It's bad news for everyone because he's still getting away with it. Justice delayed is justice denied. James should be two weeks into the process of seizing his assets.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

The court rejected the bond. How did he get away with it?

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

Have his assets been seized? Is he in prison? Is he not the GOP frontrunner and leading Biden in electoral college polling?

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

In the time between comments, he just had a third attempt to delay his criminal trial: Link

Things may not move as fast as you want, but they’re moving.

Edit: when he posted that BS bond, James immediately filed to oppose it, requiring Trump to explain/back it up, or it would be rejected and she can start seizing assets. Trump’s legal team has 10 days to legitimize the bond, or they’re fucked. (Spoilers: they can’t)

There is procedure. Trump can try to delay, but now he’s reached the end of the line here, too.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

That's also good news, but he's still not in prison, he's still the frontrunner to be President again, and he still has his empire.

His ability to manipulate and stall the legal system, the same system that grinds poor people up and turns them into slaves and recidivists, is horrifying.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

His criminal trial is proceeding April 15th. He hasn’t been able to delay that.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

He has been able to delay it, he just wasn't successful in his latest attempt to delay the trial. He will try again. The trial is for crimes he committed before he was elected President more than 8 years ago, crimes for which his conspirator, Michael Cohen, has already been convicted and served his full sentence.

It's good that the trial is about to start, in the same way that it's good when a serial killer stops stabbing their latest victim.

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