• MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      His entire campaign raised ~$330M in 2016 election cycle. At the very least it’s a massive hit to the funds they have to spend.

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        9 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.

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          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.

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          9 months ago

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

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          9 months ago

          He’s going to try to stiff the court.

          If he does, they can seize assets.

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          9 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.

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        9 months ago

        But does that count as actual campaign funds or campaign funds + PAC money? Because the latter is the issue. PAC money can be spent however the PAC wants on whatever the PAC wants and PACs can also be funded with donations of any size (and by anyone from any country). Thanks, SCOTUS.

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        9 months ago

        With as much as his name is in the headlines, he may not have to spend as much.

        His base seems willing to prove the old adage "I don’t care what they say about me in the papers, as long as they spell my name right ".

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          9 months ago

          I think the financial monitor was added on for three years too, so they got people watching, hopefully.

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          9 months ago

          I mean the PACs that people were donating to instead of the GOP, didn’t something like $40,000,000 go to pay lawyers and such for Trump?