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Former president and co-defendants owe a total of $463.9m, including interest, after New York judge rules in favour of state attorney general Letitia James
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Donald Trump ordered to pay more than $350m in massive fraud trial ruling
Donald Trump — ranked last in a poll of America’s best presidents — stopped by “Sneaker Con” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, over the weekend to launch a new range of Trump-branded golden high-top trainers as he closes in on the Republican nomination.
The former US president was met with loud boos as well as cheers at the Philadelphia Convention Center as he unveiled the shoes with a “T” logo and American flag detail, which are being sold as “Never Surrender High-Tops” for $399 on a new website that also sells “Victory47” cologne and perfume for $99 a bottle.
Mr Trump’s latest frantic cash grab came after New York Justice Arthur Engoron delivered a damning verdict in his civil fraud trial on Friday, which saw the GOP’s presidential front-runner, his company and his associates ordered to pay almost $355m in fines — with interest taking the total to $463.9m — and handed a three-year ban on doing business in the state after being found guilty of inflating the value of assets to secure favourable bank loans.
Mr Trump has vowed to appeal.
The episode followed his being ordered to pay another $83.3m to E Jean Carroll in defamation damages last month.
John Oliver has offered Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas $1m a year if he leaves the court immediately.
On a recent episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the show host declared, “This is not a joke”, as he waved a contract at the screen and asked the judge to “get the f*** off the Supreme Court.”
He added that on top of the million a year, he would throw in a motor coach worth $2.4m in return for the judge leaving the United States’ highest court – making reference with this offer to previous motor coach coverage, which revealed Mr Thomas borrowed over a quarter of a million dollars from a wealthy friend to buy a luxury motor coach years prior.
Amelia Neath has the story:
‘This is not a joke’
Donald Trump’s Republican nemesis Liz Cheney points out that the former president still hasn’t condemned the killing of Alexei Navalny nor blamed Vladimir Putin.
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After losing a sprawling civil fraud case in New York, Donald Trump faces tens of millions of dollars in financial penalties that he won’t be able to escape – even as he appeals.
The former president has 30 days from the ruling to come up with the cash or secure a bond to appeal the $364m verdict against him, a figure that is growing to nearly half a billion dollars with daily interest.
An appeal would effectively require a deposit in the form of a bond to front the costs for him. Asking for a third-party guarantee could cost him a percentage of the judgment, plus interest and fees, that he can’t recover.
Alex Woodward looks at the details of what Mr Trump would need to do…
The former president faces half a billion dollars in penalties that risk wiping out his reported cash on hand
Donald Trump has finally commented on the death of Russian opposition figurehead Alexei Navalny – to draw a self-serving and unlikely comparison with his own legal plight.
Joe Sommerlad reports:
Republican front-runner compares United States to Putin’s Russia in self-serving post about Alexei Navalny, who died on Friday in an Arctic jail
Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg has bought a website address referencing former president Donald Trump’s new sneaker brand and turned it into an anti-gun violence website with the ability to call lawmakers to advocate for legislation.
Mr Hogg, who is now the president of Leaders We Deserve, an organisation dedicated to electing young candidates to Congress, made the announcement on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday.
Michelle Del Rey has the story:
Ex-president launched new shoe brand after he was ordered to pay $450m in two legal cases
The GoFundMe set up for Donald Trump has reached a total of $458,000 after just three days.
So, just 0.001 per cent of what he needs — approximately $464m including interest — and not including the two separate damages payments for E Jean Carroll (approximately $88m).
‘I stand unwaveringly with President Donald Trump in the face of what I see as unprecedented and unfair treatment by certain judicial elements in New York,’ Elena Cardone wrote
Nancy Pelosi believes Donald Trump needs an “intervention” – and has described the former US president as “grotesque”. The veteran Democrat added that there is “no use” in talking to Mr Trump “because he is just in a world of his own”. “Have an intervention into your mental health, your political viability,” Ms Pelosi said of her political rival. “He is really grotesque, and it is really a shame… He has ventured into the global scene by his chumminess with [Vladimir] Putin.”
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