Trump plans to post $100 million bond, asks for stay of ‘punitive’ $464M judgment in civil fraud case

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are seeking to pause the enforcement of the penalties in his civil fraud trial, telling the court that he intends to post a bond of only $100 million — well short of the $464 million judgment ordered by Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron. Engoron's judgment, issued earlier this month, ordered Trump to pay a $355 million fine, plus interest, and blocked him from running any New York-based company, including his own, for three years. In a court filing Wednesday, Trump's lawyers argued that the penalties are "unprecedented and punitive."