Jefferson Siegel/ReutersDonald Trump’s lawyers haven’t properly explained their request to postpone payment on the massive $364 million bank fraud judgment (plus interest) levied against the former president last week, the judge in the case said Thursday before denying their demands.It’s a major blow to Trump’s pocketbook, even as he vows to appeal the decision and denies any wrongdoing.“You have failed to explain, much less justify, any basis for a stay,” Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur
From the editorial, "All of Trump’s civil and criminal court trouble is because this con man ran and was elected president eight years ago. Before then, he was just a cheat and a liar."
In ordering defendant Donald Trump to pay New York State more than a third of a billion dollars, Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron cited exact figures of how much Trump was improperly enriched by his cheating and lying.