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"But the Trumpian part is that even though, or perhaps because, it may be part of a Trump scam, Knight now too may be on the hook for $175 million as it won't automatically get out from underneath its own proffered surety."

Hankey, a billionaire, has already said that his company will be able to post the money for Trump.

He was reacting to a comment on X by lawyer Dave Kingman, who wrote that Knight will not be able to post the $175 million.

"Understand that Knight Specialty has a problem. This bond cannot be approved. Under the CPLR [Civil Practice Laws and Rules] the surety will remain obligated under the bond until a replacement bond is filed. Trump is unlikely to get a replacement bond. Knight Spec will be liable AND Trump won't have a stay [on enforcement]," he wrote.

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[-] NateNate60@lemmy.world 52 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Edit: This article is garbage. Letitia James hasn't announced shit, this is reporting what some guys on Twitter are talking about. I wouldn't hold my breath until a better source reports about it.

The State of New York gets to collect on the entire judgement. That is the amount that the trial court found him liable for and that's the amount he must pay.

The bond amount being lowered only means that he needs to post that amount as a guarantee against the judgement in order to stop execution before he appeals. If he loses his appeal, he still needs to pay the full amount of the judgement. Since the bond was no good, it is the same as if he didn't post anything.

[-] SFX@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

Newsweek articles are often garbage.

[-] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

This should be the top comment. I'm so goddamn tired of articles based on tweets

[-] Thorry84@feddit.nl 6 points 8 months ago

Yup it's all speculation and discussion of what people are saying. Like the Trumpism "Many people are saying".

Tried to comment on that but just get downvoted because people see the (wrong) headline and think it's the truth.

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I often go to threads about Newsweek articles to see the discussion, but I never click the articles anymore. They're a total rag, and seem to have figured out that people on both sides will click an article saying Trump is going to get something that's coming to him.

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