A GoFundMe aimed at helping former president Donald Trump pay for his civil fraud fine has surpassed $1 million in donations.
As we reported last week, Elena Cardone, the wife of real estate businessman Grant Cardone, set up the page titled, “Stand with Trump; Fund the $355M Unjust Judgment” following Judge Arthur Engoron’s ruling that the former president would need to stump up $355 million in penalties for fraud.
My wife @elenacardone started a $354,000,000 GoFundMe account to fund the UNJUST judgement against @realDonaldTrump @DonaldJTrumpJr @EricTrump and Trump Organization.
— Grant Cardone (@GrantCardone) February 16, 2024
Give something & DEMONSTRATE that the people of America are standing together against unjust rulings like this…
Trump slammed Engoron as “crooked” and New York Attorney General Letitia James as “totally corrupt,” describing the decision as “election interference.”
The New York court said Trump and executives at The Trump Organization committed fraud by inflating the value of his assets in order to obtain favorable terms from lenders.
New York Attorney General Letitia James said that his penalty totals over $450 million, including pre-judgment interest, “which will continue to increase every single day” until the judgment is paid.
Trump, Allen Weisselberg, and Jeffrey McConney will be banned from serving as officers or directors of any New York corporation.
Newsweek reported:
“Trump, Allen Weisselberg, and Jeffrey McConney will also be barred from serving as officers or directors of any New York corporation or other legal entity in the state for three years. Donald Jr. and Eric Trump were ordered to pay more than $4 million each and were banned from doing business in the state for two years.”
The fundraiser for Trump has received $1,056,808 from some 19,100 donations,
Scott Lucas, a professor in international politics at University College Dublin, told Newsweek the GoFundMe was “more symbolic than substantive.”
“Trump’s penalty for fraud in the civil case is, with interest included, going to run to more than $450 million so $1 million is very much a drop in the punishment bucket in terms of what he’s facing and of course that’s on top of the $83.3 million that his been awarded to E. Jean Carroll over his sexual assault and defamation of her.”
“This is more a political manipulation during an election year rather than anything which is fundamentally related to the question of whether Trump will be able to or when he will actually pay this record penalty.”
The Daily Fetched reported:
The democrats are doing everything they can to bankrupt Trump ahead of the 2024 election and stop him from taking back the White House.
While Joe Biden claims he is not behind the lawsuits or indictments against Trump, several prosecutors met with Biden administration officials before three of the indictments.
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