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Former President Donald Trump owes an additional $87,502 in post-judgment interest every day until he pays the $354 million fine ordered by Judge Arthur Engoron in his civil fraud case, according to ABC News' calculations based on the judge's lengthy ruling in the case.

Judge Engoron on Friday fined Trump $354 million plus approximately $100 million in pre-judgment interest in the civil fraud case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, after he found that Trump and his adult sons had inflated Trump's net worth in order to get more favorable loan terms. The former president has denied all wrongdoing and has said he will appeal.

Engoron ordered Trump to pay pre-judgment interest on each ill-gotten gain -- with interest accruing based on the date of each transaction -- as well as a 9% post-judgment interest rate once the court enters the judgment in the case.

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[–] Copythis@lemmy.world 69 points 9 months ago (2 children)

$10k would entirely change my life. That's it, that's all I'd need.

I could pay off my debt, then I'd be able to afford a roof over my head.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 69 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Fucking seriously... There is so much money in these asshats hands that he's dealing with daily interest that amounts to 1.5x my YEARLY income...

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 51 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

the highest salary I've ever seen on a tech job posting was 900K, offered by Netflix for a networking god.

Even that guy would be broke by lunch on day 11.

A person so singularly gifted that one of the highest paying companies on the planet had to offer that just to find them, and this fucking bag of sewer gas has that in his coat he hasn't worn since the 80's. Really makes it easy to justify hating these absolute parasites that contribute nothing and own everything.

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 18 points 9 months ago

this fucking bag of sewer gas has that in his coat he hasn't worn since the 80's

Uh, he probably doesn't have it in cash. He doesn't have the total amount he owes ($450 million). He might actually need to declare personal bankruptcy to delay payment.

That's the funniest thing about the GoFundMe set up for him. It's probably just a scam, but even if they send it to him it's nowhere near enough. Every day it goes up it just covers the interest owed for that day!

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago

It makes it really easy to justify more than just hating these people. 😉

[–] TheFonz@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Don't ever look up what football coaches at state universities earn.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've seen 1M job posting by STMicroelectronics for ASIC god.

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

So this guy would be broke on by lunchtime on day 12?

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Sadly a majority of Americans would find 10k quite liberating and it would be a big help.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 months ago

Given most Americans can't handle a $1,000 Emergency. Yes $10k would change many lives

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4428193-most-americans-cant-afford-1000-emergency-survey/

[–] Copythis@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I make plenty of money, but the dumb decisions in my past among other things made it so it's always going to debt, but I can't climb out of it because of interest, and now that I've lost my home (staying with in laws now), my wife spends insane money on door dash, and I can't get it through her head how expensive and unhealthy it is, and if she really wants fast food, I can go get it. I will literally cook an entire meal, plate it, then hear the doorbell for door dash.

It's so frustrating and it feels never ending.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 19 points 9 months ago

That needs to be a serious sit-down conversation. I'd advise against making it about her health because that's more likely to put her on the defensive and ignore everything else. You could print out a credit card statement to show her how much it's costing you and what that money could be going towards. Also, it would be worth pointing out how much of the door dash bill is going to tips and delivery fees. I think the issue a lot of people have with door dash is the lack of sticker shock. You don't notice the impact of a bunch of smaller purchases anywhere near as much as a single big purchase.