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Donald Trump has to pay bail worth millions in New York. Before that, he rails again about the main participants in the fraud process.
Update from March 26th, 12:00 p.m.: Donald Trump is lucky on two counts: On the one hand, the New York judiciary has the financial pressure on him after his conviction for business fraud significantly mitigated. On the other hand, he would probably have received help from the highest financial circles at the last second. Several billionaires have apparently organized a fundraiser for Trump to raise the money needed for bail. However, the appeal court’s decision rendered the action invalid.
Lucky for Donald Trump: bail amount significantly reduced
Update from March 26th, 9:43 a.m.: Donald Trump escaped with a black eye again. The New York judiciary has significantly eased the financial pressure on the ex-president. An appeals court on Monday (March 25) significantly reduced the bail he had to pay from about $454 million to $175 million. In another case, the pressure on Trump remains unchanged: criminal proceedings against him in a hush money affair are scheduled to begin on April 15th.
The appeals court not only ordered the bail amount to be significantly reduced, but also gave Trump an additional ten days to provide the security, beyond the previous deadline of this Monday. The 77-year-old immediately announced that he would fulfill the conditions: “I deeply respect the court’s decision and will deposit the $175 million in cash, bonds or guarantees,” he said.
Trump insults prosecutors and judges
First report: Washington, DC – Suddenly the Caps Lock key got stuck again. In all caps, Donald Trump let his anger out at the end of a tirade. These are not people who made America great, wrote Donald Trump, based on his motto “Make America Great Again”. No, Trump rumbled on the Online platform Truth Social: “THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DESTROYING AMERICA!”
But who did he mean by that? The main participants in Trump’s fraud trial in New York: Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engoron. In February, Trump was fined more than $350 million. With interest, the total amount due is now more than $450 million. After the Engoron decision, James gave Trump 30 days until March 25 to post that bail.
Donald Trump gossips about Prosecutor James and Judge Engoron
In one second post Trump then followed up again. He spoke of “radical, left-wing lunatics and communists” who demanded he pay a “ridiculous and completely unprecedented fine” in dollars “just because they saw a similar amount in my bank account.” He planned to use a large part of this hard-earned money to run for president in the US election in November. “They don’t want me to do this – ELECTION INTERFERENCE!”
At the same time, in a monster sentence of 73 words, he once again addressed the “corrupt” judge and the “even more corrupt” attorney general, whom he once again dubbed “Peekaboo”. He’s been doing this for quite some time. It is unclear why he chose this name for James, which actually describes a game for small children (peek-a-boo or peek-a-boo). There are several theories that New York Magazine performed six alone.
Trump calls Letitia James “racist”
The most popular version goes like this: Trump wants to insult James in a roundabout way. He actually means an expression that rhymes with “peekaboo” and starts with a “J.” A definition is available from the dictionary publisher Merriam Webster to read. But former Trump confidant Michael Cohen can’t imagine that. Even though Cohen testified before Congress that Trump was a “racist,” he kept it that way Business Insider It was impossible for Trump to use such a blatant racial slur in public.
On the other hand, Trump’s verbal outbursts are part of his usual approach. Early in the fraud trial over the future of his business empire, he called Letitia James “racist.” Judge Engoron then forbade him to make any further defamations. But Trump didn’t care. (cs)