• FuglyDuck
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    33 months ago

    that one he has to put the cash up in escrow before he can appeal.

    • originalucifer
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      213 months ago

      he already did, and the fucking let him squeak by on a 175m bond from an agency that wasnt technically financially able to do it.

      because rich people have different rules.

      • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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        43 months ago

        Not just financially unable, legally unable. They weren’t authorized to issue surety bonds in New York.

        • originalucifer
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          13 months ago

          ha! I had actually had typed out ‘legally’ but changed it. legality is irrelevant if its allowed to stand and it is standing, isnt it?

          • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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            13 months ago

            “When the president does it, that means it is not illegal” also applies to former presidents, I guess.

    • @barsquid@lemmy.world
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      13 months ago

      Oh did they finally make him put in money instead of lowering the requirements and giving him more chances?

      • originalucifer
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        43 months ago

        they lowered the bond to 175m, and let him used an illegal-in-new-york bond agency.