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NEW YORK — A seven-figure verdict, an eight-figure verdict and, now, a nine-figure verdict.

Donald Trump has been hit with all three in the past nine months, with Friday’s $354 million penalty for New York business fraud by far the most massive.

He is now on the hook for over $440 million in civil judgments as he heads toward the Republican nomination — and as he prepares for one or more criminal trials this year.

Those criminal cases could put him in jail. And in the meantime, his escalating troubles in his civil cases are packing a devastating financial punch.

Even for a man who claims to be a billionaire, $440 million is a potentially crippling amount of cash to turn over. Can Trump afford the judgments? When does he have to pay them? And what happens if he says he can’t — or if he outright refuses?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I want him to a penniless, too. In a typical state prison, prisoners have to pay for even basic shit like hygiene supplies and snacks. It's barbaric and I want Trump to experience it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He'd go on the news and talk about how nobody knew that's how prisoners were treated, and that he's the first person in history to understand how bad prison is.

After spending an overnight stay in county jail.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

... And that's why I'm proud today to announce a newer, better solution; Trump private prisons. The biggest, best prisons, big beautiful prisons the likes of which, frankly... D'y'know we never had a prison like this before? It's unfathomable! It's really disgusting frankly, the way they claim this and that about the best prisons. That's why we've got to get rid of all this stuff standing in the way of doing what I think we... And we all know who I'm talking about here, don't we folks? It's a gigantic fraud and we've got to do something about it before it's too late, cause they're coming for the private prisons, and they're coming for your freedom, and we're not gonna let them, are we? Beautiful. Beautiful.