trump paid his "fair share"

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The $175M isn't a fine that he pays, it just a bond that allows the appeal.
If he loses the appeal (and I hope he doesn't) the $475M is demanded again.
I hope at a minimum, the appeals court reduces the fine

In other news, the criminal trial date is set for 4/15 and he is already pissing that judge off too with his grandstanding.
He's going to need better lawyers if he keeps running his mouth

“You are literally accusing the Manhattan DA’s office and the people assigned to this case of prosecutorial misconduct and of trying to make me complicit in it and you don’t have a single cite to support that position?” Merchan said.
Merchan found it “really disconcerting” that Trump’s lawyers would accuse Bragg’s office of prosecutorial misconduct without having case law to support their argument