As usual the biggest of babies gets shielded from the worst of it, with an appeals court ruling he only needs to post $175M of his bond to shield his properties and extended it by 10 days.
Although this does amusingly call his bluff. He said he had $500 million in cash by this week just not by today, so $175M in ten days should be no sweat right? And after he just posted the $93M to E Jean Carol.
As usual the biggest of babies gets shielded from the worst of it, with an appeals court ruling he only needs to post $175M of his bond to shield his properties and extended it by 10 days.
So, roughly 1/2 the judgement - I wonder if this implies Judge Engoron thinks it's a reasonable chance the fine will be reduced on appeal. Maybe it's just that he wants to make sure that Trump gets his appeal (if he can come up with $175 million) to make sure that the ruling stays unimpeachable.
to be clear, the bond is not necessary for an appeal, it's necessary to stay judgment pending the appeal.
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I was thinking that someone should convince MAGA to pull the golden sticker price tag (I presume it's golden) off the book and place it upside down on the inside of their MAGA hat so they can easily tip their had and flash it to others showing true devotion.
Unfortunately it would be a bunch of effort just to end up with a bunch of excited MAGA finding each other because of the 66.6S transferred to their forehead.
Trump's $59.99 bible turns out to be a $49.99 20th anniversary commemorative 9/11 bible that originally sold poorly, with $10 of the sale going to Trump. Additionally it uses the nice oldie King James Translation because the NIV translation is still under copyright and the owner refused to allow the "God Bless USA Bible" to use it.
It's hilarious how consistently it's a grift, always a grift, never anything but grifting.
Yeah, what's to stop someone with bad intentions and no redeeming skills becoming, I don't know, president of the US?
I know! You don't even have to be mentally all there to become President.
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"Have no respect whatsoever for authority; forget who said it and instead look what he starts with, where he ends up, and ask yourself, "Is it reasonable?""
See, that's just conclusive proof of what a godlike BEAST he is! So untroubled is Trump by the weak-ass case brought by a woke, corrupt prosecutor and facilitated by that robe-wearing sissy boy Soros lackey that he chooses to nap during the trial itself!
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." ~ Louis D. Brandeis
"Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a fuck how crazy they are." ~ S. Gecko
Before Trump entered court today he posted on Truth Social,
"IF IMMUNITY IS NOT GRANTED TO A PRESIDENT, EVERY PRESIDENT THAT LEAVES OFFICE WILL BE IMMEDIATELY INDICTED BY THE OPPOSING PARTY. WITHOUT COMPLETE IMMUNITY, A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROPERLY FUNCTION!"
And also,
If a President does not have Immunity, the Opposing Party, during his/her term in Office, can extort and blackmail the President by saying that, “if you don’t give us everything we want, we will Indict you for things you did while in Office,” even if everything done was totally Legal and Appropriate. That would be the end of the Presidency, and our Country, as we know it, and is just one of the many Traps there would be for a President without Presidential Immunity. Obama, Bush, and soon, Crooked Joe Biden, would all be in BIG TROUBLE. If a President doesn’t have IMMUNITY, he/she will be nothing more than a “Ceremonial” President, rarely having the courage to do what has to be done for our Country. This is not what the Founders had in mind! Protect Presidential Immunity. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
Without Presidential Immunity, the Presidency will lose its power and prestige, and under some Leaders, have no power at all. The Presidency will be consumed by the other Branches of Government. THAT IS NOT WHAT OUR FOUNDERS WANTED!
IF THEY TAKE AWAY MY PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY, THEY TAKE AWAY CROOKED JOE BIDEN’S PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY.
WITHOUT PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR A PRESIDENT TO PROPERLY FUNCTION, PUTTING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN GREAT AND EVERLASTING DANGER!
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." ~ Louis D. Brandeis
"Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a fuck how crazy they are." ~ S. Gecko
No confirmation yet whether this was a MAGAt hoping the King would notice him, or a MAGAt paid* to do this in another desperate attempt to derail the trial.
* I mean obviously not paid, just promised payment in future
Neither! Seems to be an unrelated conspiracy theory nut who found a place with cameras.
__________________ Hear me / and if I close my mind in fear / please pry it open See me / and if my face becomes sincere / beware Hold me / and when I start to come undone / stitch me together Save me / and when you see me strut / remind me of what left this outlaw torn
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." ~ Louis D. Brandeis
"Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a fuck how crazy they are." ~ S. Gecko