Defense of the former US President Donald Trump (2017-2021) – a New York judge asked Wednesday defer payment of $355 million that the Republican must pay for his role in several cases of fraud in his family business.

The former president’s lawyers asked Judge Arthur Engoron, who sentenced Trump last week: suspend execution of sentence for 30 dayswhich already gives the Republican a month to pay the fine, as can be read in the court document.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, who filed a civil lawsuit against Trump, his two eldest children and two former Trump Organization executives for inflating assets to gain an advantage over insurers and banks, threatened confiscate his assets if the former president does not pay the money.

The prosecutor accused the former president of overestimate your net worth to $3.6 billion per year for ten years to trick bankers into giving him better loan terms.

Some American media in recent days have suggested that the businessman you may be forced to sell part of your property pay a fine.

Trump has already said he will appeal the court’s decision. which qualifies as fraud.

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In addition to the fine, the former president will not be able to conduct any business in New York for the next three years. The prosecutor’s office even sought a lifetime veto in the state real estate sector.

Trump denies wrongdoing and called this case political revenge Letitia James, elected Democrat.

(according to information from EFE And Reuters)