Earlier today AverageOldGuy posted the idea that possibly Russian money was behind Trump's bond.

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51. How many supersedeas bonds have you been involved with? Because a 20% fee would be absurd.

The typical premium for a supersedeas, or appeal, bond is between, .3 percent and 3 percent. Here are a couple of examples:

Here are two examples of the appeal bond costs in large judgment cases:

First, in a patent infringement case, Ericsson won a judgment of over $132 million against TCL Commc'n Tech. The cost of the supersedeas bond obtained by TCL to stay paying that judgment pending appeal was $1,124,491.74/year - less than 1 percent. And the cost of the corporate guarantee paid to get the supersedeas bond was around $600,000 --- for a total of around 1.3%.

Another example: in the Exxon Valdez litigation, the original award of damages was $5 billion dollars. Exxon paid $60 million to obtain a supersedeas bond pending its appeal -- around 1.2%

Frankly, I would be concerned if the bond premium was 20 percent if I was E. Jean Carroll since, if Trump somehow managed to be successful in his appeal -- and I know we all fervently hope and believe he won't -- she could be on the hook to reimburse him for his premium costs under Rule 39 ( e ) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.