• @[email protected]
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    3111 months ago

    He’s going to try to stiff the court. I’d bet money on it. He’s going to hide behind his lawyers and try to claim the law doesn’t apply the same way to an ex president. Just to delay long enough for the election.

    The real test of our democracy will be whether or not they just arrest him when he tries that.

    • Natanael
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      3611 months ago

      Not possible in this case, unless appeals court stays judgement then he’s only got 30 days from now to pay up, or else the government can start seizing assets.

      There’s already a ban on transferring assets, and his businesses will have a court appointed monitor who will have the authority to review ALL payments the company makes. Also he can’t cover the payment with loans from any bank or other financial institution registered in New York, which is most of them, lmao

    • @[email protected]
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      2611 months ago

      Uh, I don’t think New York law provides for debtors’ prisons anymore. Those went out of style in the 1700s.

      The way a court actually handles an unpaid judgment is it just orders the seizure of any property the debtor does own. It doesn’t need permission.

    • AFK BRB Chocolate
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      Worth pointing out that there’s interest on it until it’s paid. Currently NY interest on judgements is 9%.

    • @[email protected]
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      511 months ago

      DeSantis has previously stated he won’t extradite the Cheeto to NY. So in event of arrest warrant he’d just stay away from NY like he already does or til he is president and he isn’t able to be arrested over that.

      • @[email protected]
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        711 months ago

        So they seize the assets of his companies in NY and he can never do business there again. I’m sure they’d see this as an absolute win.