Deadline Day Arrives For Trump’s $454M Judgment

USA Today reports:

The New York Attorney General’s Office didn’t respond to USA TODAY’s request for comment on whether Trump had until the end of Sunday or end of Monday before the office may start collecting. The $454 million judgment against Trump was entered February 23, and the 30-day window for Trump to post the appeal bond or place cash with the New York court would expire Sunday unless extended to fall on a weekday.

Either way, New York Attorney General Letitia James could move to freeze up Trump’s assets or seize his property very soon. “If there are bank accounts in New York, those can be frozen essentially immediately if she already knows where they are, and the turnover of the funds in a bank account would be measured in days or weeks,” Mitchell Epner, a New York litigator and former federal prosecutor, told USA TODAY.

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