Donald Trump asked one of the entities he was found liable of deceiving to help cover his New York civil fraud bond.According to a court filing by the former president's legal team on Monday, Trump has asked a number of sureties to back the $464 million bond needed to appeal Judge Arthur Engoron's ruling that found him, his two adult sons and others associated with the Trump Organization liable of fraud.
' Trump was ordered to pay $355 million total in penalties, which was brought to $454 million after interest. Another $10 million is needed to challenge Engoron's ruling.'Despite scouring the market,' the filing read, 'we have been unsuccessful in our effort to obtain a bond for the Judgment Amount for Defendants for the simple reason that obtaining an appeal bond for $464 million is a practical impossibility under the circumstances presented.