According to Andrew Weissmann, the "issue of who is actually behind this is something that people who are voting should know."

After Donald Trump posted a bond of nearly $92 million on Friday as he appealed the jury’s verdict in E. Jean Carroll’s civil defamation case, legal analyst Andrew Weissmann warned on Sunday that the former president may be “beholden” to people behind the bond.

Trump, the likely GOP nominee in the 2024 presidential race, was ordered in January to pay $83.3 million to Carroll, a former Elle columnist, for damaging her reputation after she accused him of sexually assaulting her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. A separate jury last year awarded Carroll $5 million from Trump for sexual abuse and defamation. Trump has denied any wrongdoing in those cases and said they were politically motivated.

The $91.6 million bond, which Trump posted on Friday, consisted of the $83.3 million judgment, along with statutory interest added by the State of New York. The bond was secured by the Federal Insurance Company, a part of insurance company Chubb Corporation. The bond has since sparked speculation over why the Federal Insurance Company decided to guarantee Trump’s bond and who within the company made the decision.

    • kobra@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      Intelligence didn’t care when it was Russia, why would they care when it’s this bondsman (insurance company or whatever)?

      • Bernie_Sandals@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        The intelligence agencies were literally the ones in government who cared the most about Russia wtf are you talking about? Almost every piece of media coverage you saw of Trump and Russia was originally from intelligence reports.

        • kobra@lemm.ee
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          8 months ago

          Okay so they reported it but did nothing to stop it? That’s my point I guess.

            • kobra@lemm.ee
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              8 months ago

              If they couldn’t do anything to stop it, why would OP care if they’re paying attention or not?

              • Bernie_Sandals@lemmy.world
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                8 months ago

                I never said they couldn’t do anything, I’m saying they did about what they’re legally allowed to do minus some restraint for not wanting to even be perceived as interfering with an election.

                They blew the whistle so many times it seems yall became deaf to it.

                • kobra@lemm.ee
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                  8 months ago

                  What? I don’t even know what you’re arguing anymore. I swear lemmy is so much more toxic than Reddit could dream to be. I’ve been Reddit free for over a year and this kind of arguing for the sake of arguing is just non stop here. It’s exhausting.

                  Turning off notifications, have a nice life 👋