Donald Trump claimed he had half a billion dollars in cash in a series of angry messages on Truth Social ahead of the deadline to pay New York’s $454 million fraud fine.
The former president did not mention the bail payment and insisted that a “substantial amount” of the huge sum of money had been earmarked for his campaign.
He also suggested that New York Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Engoron chose the hefty fine to prevent him from running for president.
His morning rant came hours after it was revealed that James had made his first moves to seize properties in Westchester.
On March 6, the attorney general officially entered the judgments in Westchester County, where Trump owns the two properties just north of Manhattan.
Donald Trump claimed he had half a billion dollars in cash in a series of angry messages on Truth Social as the deadline to pay New York’s $454 million fraud fine approached.
According to the county clerk’s online database, the judgments were entered against Trump, the Trump Organization and his two adult sons, Don Jr. and Eric. The action was first reported by Bloomberg News.
Trump has until Monday to pay the fine, otherwise his accounts could be frozen and the process of seizing his aides could begin.
In the all-caps message Friday morning, Trump wrote: “Thanks to my hard work, talent, and luck, I currently have nearly five hundred million dollars in cash, a substantial sum that I had l “I intend to use it in my campaign for president.”
“HACK’S OFTEN CANCELED POLITICAL JUDGE IN THE FIGURED, CORRUPT AG CASE, where I did nothing wrong, knew it, wanted to take it away from me, and that’s where and why he found the figure shocking which, coupled with its CRAZY INTEREST DEMAND IS APPROXIMATELY $454,000,000.
“I DID NOTHING WRONG EXCEPT WIN AN ELECTION IN 2016 THAT I SHOULD NOT WIN, I DID EVEN BETTER IN 2020, AND NOW, BY A LOT, IN 2024. THIS IS COMMUNISM IN AMERICA!”
He added: THE NEW YORK AG USED TO SUIT ME A STATUS THAT HAS NEVER BEEN USED BEFORE, NOT ONCE, FOR SUCH A PURPOSE. THIS, IN ITSELF, IS SO UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND UNFAIR.
“UNDER THIS STATUS, I HAVE NO JURY AND HAVE NO RIGHTS. ALL DECISIONS AND RIGHTS ARE GIVEN, IN THIS CASE, TO A CORRUPT JUDGE, HATE TRUMP, WHO SOLD A CRAZY PRICE, OUT OF AIR, IN ORDER TO DAMAGE ME POLITICALLY AND NOT ALLOW ME TO USE NONE OF THE LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY I HAVE ACCUMULATED OVER THE YEARS, THROUGH HARD WORK, PERSPECTIVE, INSTINCT AND DILIGENCE, IN MY POLITICAL CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT.
“THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT JOE BIDEN WANTS THIS POLITICAL HACK, COUPLED WITH A CORRUPT AND RACIST ATTORNEY GENERAL, TO DO. I DID NOTHING WRONG!
“THIS IS SIMPLY A “TAKE.” JUST LIKE WHAT IS DONE IN COMMUNIST COUNTRIES, AND WILL LEAVE AN IRREPARABLE STAIN ON NEW YORK STATE AND ITS JUDICIAL SYSTEM. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNCONSTITUTIONAL, INCLUDING THE IMPOSED HARD GAG ORDER. THE STATUS OF PRESCRIPTION HAS ALREADY BEEN STOPPED, FOR ME!’
His claim that he has nearly half a billion in cash clashes with arguments made in his lawyers’ legal filings, which say Trump was unable to obtain collateral for a bond.
This indicates that his finances were under strain after previously posting $91 bail in E’s defamation case. Jean Carroll, who, like her New York fraud case, Trump is also appealing.
