He could then be President of the United States; he could then be a convicted criminal serving time behind bars; or, given his advanced age, Carroll may be forced to reckon with his estate. Any of these developments could substantially complicate collection efforts here.

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    No, he put $5.5 million in a trust pending appeal. He hasn’t set aside the money for the $84 million appeal, and he has until March 25th to come up with the money for the $450 million appeal.

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      The Trump team has already filed the appeal, but the enforcement action will still take place, unless he puts the money in escrow, which he won’t do, which only means that they will start seizing property while the appeal plays out

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        I’m guessing that putting said sum in escrow might go against the terms of his deal with certain oligarchs — and they really don’t like their money being out of reach…