Fox News legal analyst and George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley shared his views on the possibility of Letitia James’ seizure of Donald Trump’s assets amid his failure to post a bond.
On Friday, Democratic New York rabid attack dog Attorney General initiated the first step to seize Trump’s properties, as she filed judgments in Westchester County, New York, where the former president owns a private estate in Seven Springs and the Trump National Golf Club.
Turley remarked that seizing Trump’s properties doesn’t look as easy as James thinks.
“These properties are partnerships, they have leveraged debt. All of that has to be unraveled,” Turley told Fox Business host Larry Kudlow.
“So these aren’t just this, you know, one-to-one Trump versus James type of equation. So in order to seize that property, she’s going to be pulled into court, [and] there’s going to be challenges. It’s not going to happen overnight. Everyone is celebrating the idea that she’s going to padlock Trump Tower. It’s not likely to happen, and it’s certainly not likely to remain very long.”
The university professor also highlighted that the court might be concerned that the New York attorney general could harm the value of the property that she attempts to seize.
“I don’t think that matters to her, but it might matter to a court,” Turley remarked.
Fox’s legal analyst also hit Communist Manhattan District Judge Arthur Engoron for handing down an “astronomical” verdict and colluding with the attorney general to impose “mob justice” on Trump.
“[Basically], his position is, ‘In order to get any other judge to look at what I’ve done to you, you’ve got to come up with basically [a] half a billion dollars just to appeal.’ It’s like a judge saying, “I’m going to take your house away, but you can appeal my decision, you just have to sell your house in order to do it.” It doesn’t, many people look at this as a type of almost mob justice!”
Furthermore, Turley also noted that the appellate court might reduce the damages.
“There is an issue here of the Eighth Amendment. There’s also an issue of due process. In addition to that line of cases, which is rather thin, [so] this is going to be new ground for the courts to deal with, so this is sort of unsettled,” quipped the George Washington University professor.
Earlier this week, Trump’s attorneys wrote that he could not post bond in his appeal, and pleaded to stay the execution of the judgment.
“The amount of the judgment, with interest, exceeds $464 million, and very few bonding companies will consider a bond of anything approaching that magnitude. In short, a bond of this size is rarely, if ever, seen,’” wrote Trump’s lawyers.
Where does all this money that they want trump to pay where is it going to.
We need to start cleaning house in our government and states.
We need less people in our government
In their own pockets, they think
Who is the victim in this case? Who has been harmed? And where does all the money go if there is not a victim?
They are demonrat criminals and the tables are going to turn on them….
If anybody you know votes for the demorats you need to have long talk with them. This is out of control. It is time for evey one of voting age to vote Trump and Republican in November. Failure to oust the liberal criminals in our government this time around will end America as we know it!