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Using Real Estate to Secure Appeal Bonds How is the equity determined by the surety? In order to determine the equity, sureties typically require an appraisal, which the client has to pay for. Residential appraisals typically only cost a few hundred dollars, but commercial appraisals can run in into the thousands depending on the type of property. There are instances where a surety may be willing to waive an appraisal such as a property in a good area, free and clear of debt, and worth substantially more than the appeal bond required. https://courtsurety.com/appeal-bonds/using-real-estate-to-secure-appeal-bonds/

Just to note at the World News header it says: Any alleged factual claims must be supported by a valid link to an approved credible source. It also says in the Forum Rules section: 27. You will not post any copyrighted material except as fair use laws apply (as in the case of news articles). Only post a link, the headline and three sentences from the article. Content in the public domain is limited to the same restrictions. It does not say that one can only post as per 'fair use' from 'an approved credible source' NOT behind a paywall.

As of 2021, the building's official owner is GMAC Commercial Mortgage, according to the New York City Department of City Planning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower from https://nypost.com/2024/02/16/us-news/a-look-at-trumps-lavish-nyc-real-estate-portfolio-he-may-lose-control-of/

Maybe. but that is a different issue. whether he ends up in jail or not, I certainly hope he is not again President.

Oh. But since neither Putin or the Saudis have yet to kick in, I will stick more likely with the Saudis BTW 'write a check' is a figure of speech

Do you think the NY State Court would accept a check from Putin?

Whatever might be Putin's great wealth, he doesn't have the liquidity of MBS and the Saudis who could just write a $300 million check, no questions asked.

Trump’s finances hit by New York fraud case ruling: ‘I can imagine the Saudis lending him $300 million’ BYBERNARD CONDON AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS February 17, 2024 at 11:12 PM GMT+7 The impact on funding for future businesses could be crushing, though. Without access to banks, he may be forced to use cash to finance new ventures, something that real estate moguls are loath to do and that won’t be easy given his cash payments. Still, only banks appear banned in the ruling, leaving Trump free to borrow from fast-growing alternative financiers, the private equity and hedge funds that make up the so-called shadow banking world. “I could imagine a load of private equity funds with very little prospects sitting on a bunch of dry powder saying, ’Hey, we’ll lend you $300 million,’” Columbia law school professor Eric Talley said, adding, “I can imagine the Saudis lending him $300 million.” https://fortune.com/2024/02/17/trump-finances-new-york-fraud-case-ruling/

30 days from the 8 FEB 2024 Judge Kaplan Judgment and, as best I can tell, he hasn't filed yet.

Different perspective: The opponents of Ms. Willis reveling in the situation are not only political ones, but also the sort of enemies prosecutors rack up on the job, like Latasha Kendrick, the mother of Yak Gotti, one of the rappers charged in a racketeering case brought by Ms. Willis against the YSL, the rap record label prosecutors have characterized as a gang. “She’s about to get a taste of her own medicine,” Ms. Kendrick said as she watched the hearing from the Atlanta courthouse. “She don’t look like the big bad wolf now.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/us/fani-willis-case-trump.html

Do you make up these lines all by yourself or do you have a gag writer?

Cue: That's What Friends Are For Would Trump's handling of the 2018 murder of Khashoggi be good for a loan. Mebbe.

Trump Ordered to Pay Over $350 Million and Barred From New York Business The judge’s ruling in Donald J. Trump’s civil fraud case could cost him all his available cash. It also bars the former president from running a business in the state for three years. https://archive.li/4zvFi#selection-483.0-487.183 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/nyregion/trump-civil-fraud-trial-ruling.html

Sure but what scares me, even with the above recitation, is that given that the election will be decided likely in 6 or 7 swing states, he could still again be elected President in November.

I saw him as that as a resident of midtown Manhattan West 57th street in the mid1970's.

OK

Well you posted that right after me with no other reference. But either way, as I've taken enough hits on here, that is what I think

No. I don't much care the outcome of any of Trump's legal tribulations as long as he is not again President.

I don't know but I hope it's at least by 5 NOV 2024

What to know about Trump's hush-money trial starting on 25 March Published1 day ago Will the trial be televised? New York is one of only three jurisdictions in the country that bans nearly all audio visual coverage in trials, although it made a brief exception for audio during the pandemic. Judges have discretion over letting cameras into their courtrooms, and we did catch brief glimpses of Mr Trump's civil fraud trial on most days. But Justice Merchan has not allowed cameras in his courtroom during preliminary hearings and he appears unlikely to reverse course when the trial begins. That means - despite the intense public interest - only a few members of the public and the press inside the Manhattan courthouse will be able to watch the prosecution of Mr Trump. The rest of us will have to rely on media reports, sketch art and, in all likelihood, Mr Trump's online posts to colour in the scene each day. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68309680

Solomon "Sol" Wachtler (born April 29, 1930) is an American lawyer and Republican politician. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1985 to 1992. The same month as his appointment, Wachtler was quoted by the New York Daily News as saying that "district attorneys now have so much influence on grand juries that 'by and large' they could get them to 'indict a ham sandwich. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Wachtler

Anna Betts Feb. 16, 2024, 4:37 p.m. ET21 minutes ago 21 minutes ago Anna Betts Judge Scott McAfee told the court that he would coordinate with all of the lawyers on the case to find a date for them to summarize their arguments, and and that he would follow up via email. As of now, the judge said that he was looking at either late next week or the following week, meaning that there will be no quick resolution to the attempt to disqualify the lead prosecutors. “The state has admitted that a relationship existed,” Judge McAfee said earlier this week. “And so what remains to be proven is the existence and extent of any financial benefit — again, if there even was one.” He said that even “the appearance of” a conflict could lead to disqualification. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/16/us/fani-willis-trump-hearing#conflict-of-interest-trump-georgia

OK I will restate: In the NY criminal case, Trump is accused of being on the paying end, not the receiving end.

OPINION: Fani Willis’ descent from the accuser to the accused By Patricia Murphy (journalist and editor who covers politics for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution) 7 hours ago Willis may not technically be on trial, but her credibility is, as is her judgment, after she launched the most high-profile prosecution in Georgia history, against a former president no less, and then became romantically involved with the still-married man she hired to lead the case. In her decision Thursday to take the stand in her own defense, even before McAfee ruled that she had to, Willis took herself from being the accuser to the unfamiliar role of being the accused. SKIP By then, (September 2021) Willis had opened what she called a narrow investigation into former President Donald Trump for possible election interference. But she had not yet hired Wade to be a special prosecutor on the case, nor, by her telling Thursday, had they started their romantic relationship. Why Willis and Wade would start that relationship, even as they pursued the famously ruthless former president and dug deeper into the case that was watched by millions may be one of life’s great mysteries. The details that emerged on Thursday only made Willis’ private conduct more confounding. There was a trip to Belize with Wade. Wine pairings in Napa Valley. A cruise to the Caribbean. Lunches and dinners out. Who has that kind of time, let alone if you’re prosecuting a former president in the trial of the century? SKIP As angry as Willis was this week, plenty of Georgia voters will likely be upset after watching the courtroom spectacle, too. But Willis was mad at the wrong people, since she has only herself to blame for opening the door that Trump’s lawyers are kicking in on her, her reputation, and her case against the president now. As a talented prosecutor herself, she should know that on that count at least, she’s guilty. https://www.ajc.com/politics/opinion-fani-willis-sad-descent-from-the-accuser-to-the-accused/6ISD7GBFGFGHNMOJIDOGNOBY3M/

Fani Willis wraps testimony in disqualification hearing 02/16/24 10:29 AM ET Both Willis and Wade testified that they split the costs, with Willis — an “independent, proud woman” who insisted on paying her own way, according to Wade — paying the special prosecutor back in cash. A defense attorney in the gallery suggested the prosecutors’ cash system didn’t “pass the smell test,” despite Willis’s own testimony she has kept a cash stash in her house “all my life. https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4472277-fani-willis-wraps-testimony-in-disqualification-hearing/