Michael Popoc Legal AF, time to dive into the nitty gritty of the Appellate Division

First Department in New York, who heard oral argument today for Donald Trump to try to overturn

his 465 million dollar fraud judgment of of discouragement brought by Judge Angoran in February.

It was a little bit rocky for the lawyers for the New York Attorney General.

It doesn't mean in my opinion that ultimately the entirety of the

five hundred and four hundred and sixty five million dollars is going to be

overturned but I think it's going to take a hit and there could strike 50 or 100 million dollars over it.

Let me give you the short answer up front and then I'll tie it together in the hot take.

I don't think they're going to vacate or overturn the ruling. I don't think they're going to throw out the entirety of the

465 million dollar judgment running with a hundred thousand dollars of interest every day against Donald Trump.

This is the same panel just to put it into some kind of context

who about six months ago told Donald Trump

he only had a post a hundred and seventy five million dollar bond to stop the enforcement of the judgment not the full four sixty five and they would deal with the rest of it on appeal.

At the time I thought it didn't signal that they were going to draw deal with the rest of it on appeal.

At the time, I thought it didn't signal

that they were going to drop the judgment down to 175,

but rather they knew that Donald Trump had a lot of assets

and the attorney general had a lot of power and that a financial monitor was

in place for the last three years overseeing all of Donald Trump's assets so they weren't

concerned but it did signal that they thought that $175 million may be at least

the bottom line where they come.

I think they still end up with a judgment of $300 to $400 million.

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