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Donald Trump has now filed new paperwork related to the $175m bond he posted on Monday to appeal the $464m New York fraud judgement against him after it was rejected and “returned for correction”, according to the New York County Supreme Court.
The documentation failed to include a current financial statement for Knight Specialty Insurance (which is underwriting the bond) or list an attorney-in-fact. These have now been added.
On Tuesday, Mr Trump suffered a further legal setback when his efforts to have his upcoming Manhattan hush money trial delayed on presidential immunity grounds were rejected.
Judge Juan Merchan ruled that “the defendant had myriad opportunities to raise the claim of presidential immunity” long before he ever did and that, because the justice was denying the motion on that basis, he need not address whether immunity “precludes the introduction of evidence of purported official presidential acts in a criminal proceeding”.
Meanwhile, Special Counsel Jack Smith has slammed Judge Aileen Cannon, overseeing the classified documents case in Florida, to reject the ex-president’s contention that he had any claim to personal ownership over the boxes of top secret files reclaimed by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago in August 2022.
A Manhattan judge denied Donald Trump’s efforts to have his criminal trial delayed on presidential immunity grounds, saying the former president’s filing was “untimely.”
On Wednesday afternoon, Judge Juan Merchan submitted a six-page filing denying Mr Trump’s last-ditch effort to delay the trial concerning alleged hush-money payments even further after Mr Trump’s team successfully delayed the trial 30 days.
Mr Trump submitted the motion on 7 March, asking Judge Merchan to delay the trial until after the US Supreme Court decides whether the presidential immunity defence applies to criminal charges against sitting or former presidents.
Ariana Baio filed this report:
In denying the motion to delay the criminal trial, Judge Juan Merchan also scolded former president for filing late
New York Attorney General Letitia James’s office has filed a notice asking for evidence that Knight Specialty Insurance Company (KSIC) has the ability to pay up if needed having underwritten Donald Trump’s $175m civil fraud trial bond.
The notice states: “Defendants or KSIC shall file a motion to justify the surety within ten days of the service of this notice, failing which the Bond shall be without effect, except that the surety shall remain liable on the Bond until a new undertaking is given and allowed.”
The upshot is that the NYAG is ensuring the money is there and they are able to collect it should they need to. Were an appeal to fail the remainder of the $464m would come from the Trump Organization or the seizure of assets.
Ariana Baio reports:
A Georgia judge has rejected Donald Trump and his co-defendant’s attempt to dismiss the state election interference trial for violating their right to free speech.
On Thursday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee denied the defendant’s latest attempt to delay or dismiss the case, saying the unsubstantiated claims of election fraud that the defendants made were allegedly “in furtherance of criminal activity and constitute false statements knowingly and willfully made in matters within a government agency’s jurisdiction which threaten to deceive and harm the government.”
Judge McAfee said those and “even core political speech addressing matters of public concern” were not “impenetrable” from prosecution if they allegedly furthered criminal activity.
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Former president’s attorneys argued that his unsubstantiated claims of election fraud in Georgia were protected under the First Amendment
Documents for Donald Trump’s $175m bond in his New York civil fraud case were rejected and “returned for correction” to the former president due to missing financial information.
A docket appeared on the New York County Supreme Court website on Wednesday, detailing that a “Bond/Undertaking” had been “returned for correction”.
The court said that the reason for the rejection was that some of the documentation filed on behalf of the Republican presidential candidate failed to include a current financial statement, power of attorney or list an attorney-in-fact.
Joe Sommerlad reports:
Missing financial information has meant that some documents have been ‘returned for correction’ to Donald Trump and his his legal team
Donald Trump’s latest effort to weaponise the death of an American against Joe Biden and his management of the situation at America’s southern border has enraged family members of his most recent target.
After the former president and current presumed nominee for the 2024 Republican nomination told supporters in Grand Rapids, Michigan that he had spoken to relatives of Ruby Garcia, the murdered young woman’s family is speaking out.
John Bowden has the details:
Family of woman killed by undocumented migrant issues angry denial after former president says he spoke with them
In the Fulton County election interference case in Georgia, Judge Scott McAfee has denied Donald Trump’s efforts to have his criminal charges thrown out on First Amendment grounds.
Full story to follow…
Here’s our earlier reporting:
‘This is all alleged as part of a pattern of criminal conduct and not protected by the First Amendment. Any argument otherwise is just to try to pretend like that’s not true,’ prosecutor says
Donald Trump has now posted a corrected bond in for his New York civil fraud trial ruling in the case brought against him by New York Attorney General Letitia James and presided over by Arthur Engoron.
Aligning with what MSNBC contributor Lisa Rubin noted earlier on X, the additional information added to it to meet the court’s requirements concerns Knight Speciality Insurance Co, which is underwriting the bond, and not documentation relating to the Trump Organization.
Rubin now notes: “Specifically, it shows Amit Shah, the president of his insurance company, had Don Hankey’s permission to sign the deal, and also reflects that both Knight Specialty Insurance & its parent company, Knight Insurance Co, have sufficient assets to cover the bond.”
You can read the full corrected bond document here
Republican Rep Andy Ogles appeared on Newsmax this morning to talk about joining the bill to rename Washington Dulles International Airport after Donald Trump.
“You always swing for the fences. You never stop fighting. But look, Donald Trump was a transformative president … why not put in their face and say, you know what? We’re gonna honour the president.”
The bill is highly unlikely to make its way through Congress and possibly won’t even make it through a House vote.
Here’s our reporting on the proposal:
‘Donald Trump is facing 91 felony charges. If Republicans want to name something after him, I’d suggest they find a federal prison,’ Democratic Rep Gerry Connolly said
Don’t count on it, CNN’s senior legal analyst Elie Honig says, adding he expects “daily requests” from the Trump legal team.
Here’s our earlier reporting:
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