Trump spoke ahead of his hush money trial in New York, but his remarks centered on a separate hearing taking place that morning for his civil fraud case.
on Monday, but his remarks centered on a separate hearing taking place that morning, during which a judge will examine state Attorney General Letitia James’s argument that the
“The bonding company would be good for it because I put up the money, and I have plenty of money to put up,” Trump said. Meanwhile, Trump is also fighting a judgment issued by Judge Arthur Engoron in February that he pay $454 million in fines and interest after Engoron found Trump and Trump Organization executives liable for years of business fraud.
Trump was also banned from most business activity in New York as a result of the judgment, and he noted that he could not therefore seek a bond from a New York-based company and instead used a company in California. Knight Special Insurance, a Delaware-based company, authorized the bond, but the company is a subsidiary of Hankey’s company in Los Angeles.
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