Judge fines Donald Trump more than $360 million, bars him from running businesses in N.Y. for three years

[LetMyPeopleVote]

This makes me smile.

TFG is having a fun week

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/ny-fraud-case-damages-pay-millions-judge-engoron-rcna135283

The judge who presided over a civil business fraud trial against Donald Trump and his company has issued his decision in the case.

Judge Arthur Engoron ordered the former president and the Trump Organization to pay over $364 million in damages, and bars Trump "from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in New York for a period of three years."

The judgment is the second this year against Trump after he was hit last month with an $83.3 million verdict in writer E. Jean Carroll's defamation case against him. The former president could also face four criminal trials this year as his presidential campaign barrels toward the November election, with the first set to begin in New York state court on March 25th.

New York Attorney General Letitia James had been seeking $370 million from Trump, his company and its top executives, including his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, alleging "repeated and persistent fraud" that included falsifying business records and financial statements. James had argued those financial statements were at times exaggerated by as much as $2.2 billion.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. "There was no crime!!"

LOL

[bdamomma]

6. Sorry

pay up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[forgotmylogin]

40. The RNC needs to determine whether they want to continue being the legal-bill sugar daddy.

They might want to actually fund a decent candidate for president this year.

[underpants]

2. Biden's first line at the debate "So, how's business?"

[Cha]

5. lol

[Omnipresent]

7. Lol!

Trump is a pretend billionaire.
Those fines are more than he’s worth!

[Irish_Dem]

9. "Hey man, how's your cash flow these days?"

[underpants]

14. And be ready with the follow up - If like most businesses, you're doing quite during my first term

[Irish_Dem]

17. "Unless of course you are a lying, cheating, career criminal and rapist."

Then you didn't do so well in my first term.

[underpants]

18. ✅

[fishwax]

33. .

[Emrys]

35. I hope they have ketchup guards on the rostrums at the debates n/t

[slightlv]

39. underpants... you're so bad! (LOL)

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Ketchcon 1 Alert

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[Irish_Dem]

19. Yep, definitely at Ketchcon LEVEL ONE right now.

Counting down the minutes until Trump releases some nasty over the top insane comments.

[Hassler]

4. Dotard J Chump, in the kitchen, with the ketchup bottle

[Irish_Dem]

8. This and E. Jean Carroll fines are close to $500 million. This is half a billion dollars.

Plus his legal fees, and appeals. Last year he spent $51 million on legal fees.
Probably more this year.

Can the RNC and the MAGA cult cover all of this?

[leftyladyfrommo]

27. I think I read somewhere that the 83 million

has to be his own money. I don't know if that's true.

[Irish_Dem]

28. Trump thinks everyone else's money belongs to him.

But it would be great if he had to prove the money came from his own financial portfolio.

[leftyladyfrommo]

30. I also saw something about his PAC being

down to 5 million. It started with 100 million. Most of that has gone to pay legal bills.

[Irish_Dem]

31. Last year his legal bills were said to be over $50 million.

I suspect more than that in side deals with various operatives, etc.
Bribes, promises, deals.

And this year already he has spent a bundle.

And of course Melania has been dipping into various political funds for clothing,
stylists, etc. Even though we never see her.

[leftyladyfrommo]

36. The numbers they throw around leave me

dumbfounded.

[Irish_Dem]

38. I know.

Spectrum double billed me two months in a row.
$500 a month for cable and I blew a gasket.

I can't imagine a bill for $500 million.

[Arazi]

10. I wish he'd been permanently banned from business in NY

Ivanka will just become the front person “running” (cough) the company in the interim.

The financial hit is good but I was hoping #Traitor and his spawn were driven out permanently

[Cha]

12. I know.. only 3 years.

[Irish_Dem]

22. Would they be stupid enough to ever do business in NY state again?

They will be watched like hawks.

[Irish_Dem]

32. Ivanka has no idea how to run a business legally.

She would be very foolish to step foot in NY state.

[Cha]

11. TSF is such an Ugly MF.. Oh yes I did Tweet that.

Link to tweet

[Aristus]

13. I hope this shuts up those "He needs to run the country like he runs his businesses!" chuzzlewits.

n/t

[malaise]

15. Thank you Susan Craig

Thank you Leticia James

Thank you Judge Engoron
😀😀😀

[Fullduplexxx]

16. No n.y. business for only 3 years

[Solly Mack]

20. :)

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. This is really a decision that will cause a lot of pain... the company is restricted going forward getting loans

Link to tweet

[Irish_Dem]

23. So there are restrictions on how they can do business if they operate in NY state in the future?

[Johonny]

24. 3 years rest of Trump's life, most likely

[LetMyPeopleVote]

25. TFG and the Trump Org enjoined from applying for loans from New York chartered or registered financial institution

This makes me smile

Link to tweet

[True Dough]

26. I'm going to launch a GoFundMe to help out poor Donny!

[Johnny2X2X]

29. Campaign funds

I will bet anyone anything that he will attempt to use campaign funds to pay some of this. Needs to come up with $71M to appeal this. He will not want to use his own money, he will try to use donor money for this.

It will be highly illegal, but he will try it anyway.

[Emrys]

34. Donald Trump, a convicted fraudster

Add it to the list, and let every news org create a macro that adds the phrase every time his name is mentioned.

[flying-skeleton]

37. Music to my ears

"Their complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological".

Music to my ears

[twodogsbarking]

41. If he can't run businesses in NY he will have to lose his billions elsewhere.