In excess of 400 million in cash, which is a lot for a developer. Developers usually dont have cash. They have assets. Not cash. We have, i believe, 400 plus and going up very substantially every month. That was donald trump less than a year ago during a Closed Door Deposition in his new york civil fraud case, but today, he says he does not have that money. That m coing up with the 464 million bond is a quote practical impossibility. That it would require a fire sale of his assets. His legal team is making an appeal to the judge but instead of helping his case, donald trump is now lashing out on social media saying quote, engoron wants me to put up the ridiculous fine, i did nothing wrong, before i get a chance to appeal his crazed ruling. But first, any business dealing about moving into new york is crazy. James is politically corrupt and ran on i will get trump. So, is this panic or politics . Or is it a little bit of both . Joining us now to nail down what exactly we know about trum
days before republicans assume the majority in the house and likely dissolve the january 6th committee, members released a new batch of testimony involving efforts of those closest to the former president and their attempts to overturn the election. i m pamela brown in for anderson tonight. and included in the new transcripts is testimony by donald trump jr. and remarks about what he believed was a, quote, sophisticated legal rationale to overturn the election, as in overturn the will of the people. one nearly identical to what his fathers allies would soon attempt. and there is also some rather unflattering testimony involving first lady melania trump s opinion of trump jr. and others in her husband s inner circle. also tonight, new details of a purported conversation involving senator lindsey graham who said he would become a champion of these baseless election fraud claims if the president s allies could, quote, just give me five dead voters. it is a lot to unpack. let s s
That name in his family tree and his claim his mother emigrated from europe when she was born in brazil. now it s going to be on me to deliver those results. you re exactly right. i look forward to serving my district. reporter: as santos attempts to move forward to capitol hill. i m not a criminal. i committed no crime. reporter: the legal road ahead for him could be treacherous. where and how did he get this money? as the federal probe zeros in on hiss finances. if you intentionally make a false statement about your assets or anything else that matters, that too could be a federal false statements crime. reporter: sunlen serfaty, cnn, washington. and perspective now from cnn senior political commentator, former governor john kasich, a republican who was a congressman from ohio for 18 years. and chan wu, a defense attorney and former federal prosecutor. governor kasich, starting with you, republican lawmakers i ve spoken to privately have been quick to pounce on