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Trump Can’t Find Insurer To Cover $454 Million Bond After Seeking Help From 30 Companies

Trump’s lawyers say that finding an insurer to post a bond for the former president has proven to be ‘a practical impossibility.’

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President Trump departs Trump Tower en route to his pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 15, 2024. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
MATTHEW RICE
MATTHEW RICE

In a new legal filing that asks a New York state judge to put a pause on President Trump’s $454 million civil fine levied by the state attorney general, the former president’s lawyers have disclosed that they have been unable to find an insurer to cover the bond even after contacting 30 firms about such assistance. 

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MATTHEW RICE
MATTHEW RICE

Mr. Rice, based in the nation's capital, covers current events in politics.

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