Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives at a Manhattan court trial in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James against him, his adult children, the Trump Organization and others in New York City, US, October 4, 2023.
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If Donald Trump had not been “genuinely unable” to obtain appellate security in his $464 million business fraud case, he would have had to pledge his estate to the courts, the New York Attorney General's Office said in a lawsuit Wednesday.
Instead, Trump claimed it was “impossible” for him to get bail, but provided no compelling evidence of that, the U.S. Attorney's Office told the New York Court of Appeals.
“Defendants provide no documentary evidence that accurately demonstrates the real property they offered” to potential insurers, the Attorney General’s Office wrote.
They also did not say “on what terms those properties were offered, or specifically why the bond underwriters were unwilling to accept the assets.”
The office made this argument when it asked the court to reject Trump's request to block his ruling on the massive fraud.
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