New York Attorney General trolls former president as interest starts accruing on monster judgment

A $455m judgment against Donald Trump is increasing by more than $110,000 each day due to interest penalties.

And New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is preprared to seize his assets if necessary, is not going to let Mr Trump forget.

When the final judgment in the sprawling fraud trial against Mr Trump, his adult sons Donald Jr and Eric Trump, and former Trump Organization executives was approved on Friday, the attorney general’s X account posted the exact figure down to the last cent.

Twenty four hours later, her account wrote: “+$114,553.04”.

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    4 months ago

    If I recall correctly from a story when the judgment was handed down, the law in NY makes it so it’s calculated as simple interest rather than compound. Someone correct me if I’m wrong. $110,000/day seems very small when compared to the $465,000,000 he owes within less than a month though

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      4 months ago

      It’s like 9% interest APR. Roughly, I can’t be bothered with logarithms on a Tuesday.

      More than I get from my bank account, but less than my credit card tries to charge.