Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY.) warned Sunday there is a “risk” to not seizing former President Trump’s assets as he faces a looming deadline to post a bond in the $454 million judgment in his New York fraud case.

“I think that what we are dealing with politically is the much larger and much more grave and serious pressure of having this judgment against Donald Trump and him being in this degree of debt and the financial pressures that he is under and what he is subject to do in order to obtain those assets,” Ocasio-Cortez said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“I actually think that there is risk in not seizing these assets and the open window that exists in him trying to secure these funds through other means,” she said. “We’ve seen a lot of interesting transactions happening with Truth Social and other means. And there’s a very real risk of political corruption.”

The deadline for Trump to pay the staggering bond amount is Monday in the New York fraud case. If he fails to post a bond, he faces a risk of his assets being seized by New York Attorney General Letitia James — who he has continued to rail against in recent days.

  • @Feathercrown
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    22 months ago

    His property is part of his value. Courts seize property all the time.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 months ago

      He can get a loan for the bond. Legally. He could get a loan “from a friend”, legally, but then he might be in debt with that potential bad actor. If he pays with a loan then they can’t go after his property because he paid in full. That’s just how it works.

      • @Feathercrown
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        12 months ago

        That’a not what he did though is it?

        • @[email protected]
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          22 months ago

          Currently, he hasn’t done anything but he was trying to get a loan. This article is talking about how they should take his assets instead of letting him get a loan, because if he owes someone else half a billion dollars, he’ll be in their pocket to do as they ask.