Fox News host Mark Levin has called out billionaires for not paying Donald Trump’s legal bills after the former president’s legal team said paying his $400 million New York civil fraud penalty would be “a practical impossibility.”

Trump is seeking a bond of $464 million to cover his fines and a stay in the execution of the monetary portion of the civil trial ruling after Judge Arthur Engoron ruled in February that Trump must pay $355 million for committing fraud. The New York court held that Trump and top executives at The Trump Organization inflated the value of his assets to obtain more favorable terms from lenders and insurers. With interest, the full payment will be roughly $454 million. Trump’s lawyers are appealing the verdict.

On Monday, the Republican suffered a setback after Trump’s legal team admitted in a court filing that it is a “practical impossibility” for him to make the $464 million payment and requested a stay pending the outcome of an appeal process. His team had contacted 33 companies to try to secure funding.

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    4 months ago

    Yeah…

    The same agencies that forced him to buy Twitter and trump will attack if he gets power.

    Musk is 100% dumb enough to foot the bill thinking if trump wins he gets it back, and gets more free reign to do what he wants without government interference.

    If he had the money, I legit wouldn’t be surprised if he put up some money.

    Like, you can’t rule out Musk or trump doing something because its irrational. Most of what they do is irrational