Trump flagged as 'massive security risk' after he's unable to post bond in fraud judgment
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Source: raw story
Travis Gettys March 18, 2024 11:31AM ET
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The amount of the judgment, with interest, exceeds $464 million, and very few bonding companies will consider a bond of anything approaching that magnitude, Trumps lawyers wrote.
That cash crunch made the presumptive Republican presidential nominee a national security risk, according to Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)....................................
"The fact that we don't know this about someone running for the highest office in the land shifts the liability onto our democracy itself," Casten said. "If the @HouseGOP (and in particular, the leadership of the Judiciary Committee) gave a damn about our democracy they would be issuing subpoenas for this instead of their onanistic Hunter [Biden] fetish. The fact that they aren't tells you what they think about democracy too.
"And yes, there is a massive problem that the Senate isn't doing this either," he added. "That problem rhymes with shmilibuster."
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-national-security-risk/
MORE lawmakers need to start shouting about Trump being a National security risk!!
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We already lack clarity on what security was provided for the $91M bond he posted in response to the E. Jean Carroll case. That is already a plenty BFD. A guy who wants your trust and wants to be President should disclose his liabilities.
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Indeed, all of us who run for Congress or serve are required to post regular reports of our assets and liabilities. The fact that we don't know this about someone running for the highest office in the land shifts the liability onto our democracy itself.
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Novara
(5,844 posts)Jeebus.
Why is this motherfucker not in prison?
AllaN01Bear
(18,268 posts)erronis
(15,303 posts)Deep enough to handle all of the Stone/Bannon/Miller/trump level types with room to spare. Once a day send down a parcel of gruel/gristle (aka McShakes and Big Macs). Drain holes at the bottom.
Great legal representation from the same teams that have been stiffed before.
Free TV for those that want to watch what happens. Can't imagine who would go first.
Tansy_Gold
(17,863 posts)No gold toilet.
No private jet.
No penthouse.
No RNC piggy bank.
No hairdresser, no make-up artist.
No long red ties, not even for purposes of self-destruction.
Nothing but an orange jumpsuit and a single cell, with a thin mattress on a hard bed, a toilet without screens, three institutional meals on a plastic tray, and no access to media.
AllaN01Bear
(18,268 posts)PortTack
(32,778 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,268 posts)CincyDem
(6,363 posts)The amount of the judgment, with interest, exceeds $464 million, and very few bonding companies will consider a bond of anything approaching that magnitude, WITHOUT SUFFICIENT COLLATERAL AND WE AINT GOT THAT MUCH COLLATERAL (since Jack Smith confiscated it last year).
Ok
maybe not the parenthetical but certainly the caps.
ancianita
(36,101 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,761 posts)Think. Again.
(8,190 posts)Think. Again.
(8,190 posts)...that when you sell property you get money in return?
I'm also wondering what the court appointed business monitor has to say about any of this.
CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)"Trump owns the service areas." "Trump owns a 30% stake." "Trump owns the ground lease." "Trump may own some units."
https://www.curbed.com/article/trump-lawsuit-real-estate-nyc-letitia-james.html
Think. Again.
(8,190 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,133 posts)had overridden the civil servants and gave Kushner a security clearance after a year of "investigation" (and most likely a denial), so imagine...
Puppyjive
(503 posts)Don't they have the billion dollars they made off of the Saudi's while taking advantage of daddy's presidency? This whole family was a farce before, during and after dip shits presidency.
erronis
(15,303 posts)republianmushroom
(13,618 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)And to bring down the US and its democracy.
Much cheaper than a war and no foreign casualties.
flashman13
(667 posts)Just think of it. The 45 grift will pale to insignificance when compared to the 47 grift. Trump will turn DC into a non-stop, 24/7, con con. Rents will skyrocket as scamsters from every corner of the world open offices to buy, sell, and trade presidential favors.
erronis
(15,303 posts)Remember, the Saudis absolutely hate the US and the West - unless they love what we have here.
So, putting on a Reynolds Heavy-Duty hat here. Remember when Smelvis gloated that he had the tallest building in NYC after the Twin Towers came down? And that the Saudis funded that little operation? All for the rights to have the tallest building?
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)We have seen what the Saudis do to people who cross them.
Oh yes if Trump steals the WH again it will be like a convention of con artists from every corner of the globe.
All in DC. Trump won't even hide the wheeling and dealing.
TygrBright
(20,762 posts)wiggs
(7,814 posts)made a virtual King...like Putin.
Is it law that a party nominee must be given full security clearance? Or just policy? This seems like a huge risk, what if the current administration ignores past practice with respect to the most sensitive stuff? Would a court agree that policy outweighs national security?
I bet there are secret rooms at Pentagon and NSA where they know all that T has done to jeopardize national security including, but not limited to, the MAL classified docs. Someone should check on them...I bet there are red lights flashing and some hair on fire.
NanaCat
(1,169 posts)Of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and not because he's a candidate. If he were a candidate, he wouldn't get the protection until after the party convention...unless a legitimate security threat justified that protection earlier. AFAIK, Obama is the only one who qualified for pre-convention security. If so, gee, I wonder why...
Sogo
(4,986 posts)"onanistic"
erronis
(15,303 posts)This site is fun for adding to our knowledge in some "interesting" ways.
NanaCat
(1,169 posts)Got a good chuckle out of it.
ificandream
(9,373 posts)Second time this has happened to me recently, though I don't remember if the other story was from the same source.
Maraya1969
(22,484 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,849 posts)He met the deadline for the E.Jean Carrol appeal bond after telling the court that he had problems getting the bond. He might do the same here. After all, there are foreign countries which would like to own him.
NanaCat
(1,169 posts)That was on 24 February, so he must cough up a surety bond or the cash by 25 March.
Sanity Claws
(21,849 posts)Doubt he will find the funds there but I love the imagery.
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,672 posts)despite what his party thinks
people with 10 billion can come up with a half a billion no problem, this guy is leveraged to the max, he is a total fraud
Lovie777
(12,281 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,512 posts)No one. This "story" is a retweet of something a member of Congress tweeted. That's all. No one in any authority has "flagged" Trump as a massive security risk.
This is something that did not happen. There is no button to click to report that a story in LBN is the product of Rawstory's imagination.
I wish there were.
IbogaProject
(2,816 posts)We should start mocking him about this. A so called Billionaire can't raise 400 million dollars. And Joe should circle to TSF never releasing his tax returns. Lets hit him hard. We need to do attack ads that make TSF personally angry.
NanaCat
(1,169 posts)Total click bait site.
As it is, I do love this bit from Casten, simply for the use of onanistic (masturbatory):
iluvtennis
(19,863 posts)They need to satisfy all requirements (e.g., not subject to compromise due to bad finances) for a clearance.
I went through an extensive background check/other investigations to get a Top Secret security clearance and I was just an everyday DOD contractor. A president to be should be required to pass through a much more rigorous process.
Blue Owl
(50,435 posts)onetexan
(13,043 posts)Yonnie3
(17,444 posts)This is a dupe of https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3210914 with a misleading title and added social media opinions.