If Trump hadn't riled up his supporters into storming Congress on Jan 6th and hadn't spurred the authorities into forensically investigating him, I wonder how far ahead he'd be of Biden.
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All those people who told me they voted for him because he was rich and therefore couldn't be bought seem to have gone very quiet.
I'm not sure I understand how this happens. He has to post the value in order to appeal, right?
I would have thought the situation was either Trump mortgages a property or gets a bond...or he doesn't get to appeal. I could see the properties getting seized if he doesn't have the funds and the appeal is thus forfeit so the money has to go to the state against his will, I'm not following how the properties get seized and also he still gets to appeal.
I looked into this the other day. To my understanding, he can still appeal without posting the bond. The bond simply keeps the plaintiff from seizing assets before or during the appeal process.
The bond simply acts as a deposit in the event the defendant loses the appeal, which is why there is interest added from the start.