New York Attorney General Letitia James is ready to seize former President Donald Trump's iconic New York City buildings if he can't come up with the cash to pay his $355 million civil fraud fine, a new report shows. "If he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek judgment enfo...

New York Attorney General Letitia James is ready to seize former President Donald Trump’s iconic New York City buildings if he can’t come up with the cash to pay his $355 million civil fraud fine, a new report shows. "If he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek judgment enfo…

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
    52·
    4 months ago

    I know it’s a joke, but they seize them and then put it up for sale. So they’ll get the highest market price someone is willing to pay. (Now if anyone knows how they deal with debt on the property let me know.)

    • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world
      231·
      4 months ago

      Hm… sounds like the Saudis may well end up with a way to bail him out then.

      Edit: come to think of it, what’s to stop Jared and Ivanka from picking up this bill, effectively keeping the property in the family?

      • TastehWaffleZ@lemmy.world
        26·
        4 months ago

        Nothing stops them from bidding on the property but if they have the money they could just give it to him so the property wouldn’t be auctioned to begin with

      • protistEnglish
        9·
        4 months ago

        $355 million is a lot of money, especially when he also has other significant judgements against him and a ton of pending legal issues that will require many more millions in attorneys’ fees

    • mkwt@lemmy.world
      16·
      4 months ago

      Any debt leftover after the sale is still owed by the debtor (i.e. big orange one). Of course, if that debtor has no other assets left, you’re probably not going to get paid.

      As far as I know (not a lawyer, not your lawyer), some legal judgements can be discharged in bankruptcy, while others cannot. I don’t know about this judgement. As an example, I believe OJ Simpson is still evading a wrongful death judgement that he cannot escape through bankruptcy.

      Another wrinkle: usually in order to appeal a judgement, you have to post an appeal bond that covers the value of the judgement. And the deadlines to do that are often very, very short.