Trump’s Posting of $175 Million Bond Could Block James From Seizing His Properties — for Months or Even Years

Mr. Trump posted the bond, reduced by an appeals court, at the 11th hour. His properties are now safe from seizure by New York’s attorney general while he appeals the judgment, a process that will likely take years.

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President Trump is flanked by his attorneys at his civil fraud trial at New York. Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images

President Trump has secured a $175 million bond he needs to cover the much larger judgment as he appeals the verdict in his New York state civil fraud case, preventing New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, who sued Mr. Trump and others for business fraud, from seizing his trophy real estate assets — for now.         

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