Former President Donald Trump may be about to find out how New York state aims to collect over $457 million that he owes in his civil business fraud case
Former President Donald Trump could find out Monday how New York state aims to collect over $457 million he owes in his civil business fraud case, even as he appeals the verdict that led to the gargantuan debt.
After state Attorney General Letitia James won the judgment, she didn’t seek to enforce it during a legal time-out for Trump to ask an appeals court for a reprieve from paying up.
That period ends Monday, though James could decide to allow Trump more time. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has been trying to avoid having to post a bond for the entire sum in order to hold off collection while he appeals, but courts so far have said no.
James, a Democrat, last month that if Trump doesn’t have the money to pay, she would seek to seize his assets and was «prepared to make sure that the judgment is paid.”
She didn’t detail the process or specify what holdings she meant, and her office has declined more recently to discuss its plans. Meanwhile, it has filed notice of the judgment, a technical step toward potentially moving to collect.
Seizing assets is a common legal option when someone doesn’t have the cash to pay a civil court penalty.
