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we now have an update on former

president Trump's appeal against his New

York civil fraud verdict as the city

breaks this for an influx of

truckers so we have that crisis

unfolding we've been talking about this

for a long time and we're feeling the

effects here in New York but on the

other

hand we have a shortage of workers

crisis today New York Governor Kathy

hokel announced new efforts to fight

hundreds of protests in New York City

already from above you can see the sheer

numbers the crowd

massive demonstrators blocked traffic

all the way from 34th Street to Bryant

Park so hokel is deploying a thousand

State Personnel from the MTA State

Police even the National Guard to help

the city and they're going to have a

security perimeter that stretches for

several Avenues here and this is because

of the two factors the two issues that

you sort of alluded to right there the

first is former president Donald Trump

and his codefendants in this case

ordered today by judge Arthur and gorin

to pay out more than 300 million about

$350 million in

Damages New York leading with New York

business owners to stay in the city the

number of legal challenges against Trump

raising some questions now about whether

they are political stunts to keep him

from a second term or anything else the

New York attorney general Leticia James

who brought the lawsuit against Trump

and his adult children in

2022 James a Democrat and vocal critic

of trump accused the former president of

engaging in a decade long scheme to

fraudulently and falsely value his

assets to acquire loans at bargain rates

Donald Trump may have authored the art

of the deal but he perfected the art of

the

steel New York attorney general Laticia

James getting booed today in New York

City her lawsuit led to former president

Trump's fine of more than 300 well over

$350 million at this point in the Civil

fraud trial he is appealing and he says

he did nothing wrong watch what happened

when James spoke at the fire department

uh promotion ceremony today at a church

in

[Applause]

Brooklyn oh come on we're in a house of

God first um simmer down I want to thank

commissioner Kavanaugh

and chief hodgin for that

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recognition oh you know who's going to

love

that um FDNY chief of Department John

hodgin telling Fox quote today's

ceremony was about one thing the

accomplishment of the members being

promoted the members whose whose

Behavior excuse me distracted from that

celebration were an embarrassment and

not befitting of the world's best fire

department and indeed they are and we

congratulate all of those who got

promoted today um and we thank them for

the hard work they do every day in New

York City uh you know listen there's so

many indictments so you know I'm not a

lawyer but you look at New York for

instance right now with the penalties

and everything 400 million to be paid on

a victimless crime where there was no

victim no one showed up that the local

police precinct to f a report in fact

the banks that did business with

President Trump wanted to do more

business with President Trump and this

breaking news uh while we were showing

you that we now have an update on former

president Trump's appeal against his New

York civil fraud verdict a New York

appellate judge has rejected the former

president's request to put a pause on

the $454 million civil fraud penalty but

the former president did win his request

to temporarily delay rulings that banned

him from running a business in New York

state and taking out loans from New York

Banks a New York judge ordered Donald

Trump and his family business to pay

more than $350 million in penalties for

fraudulently inflating his wealth for

financial gain if upheld the ruling

could force Trump to Forfeit a sizable

chunk of his money and lead to a

reshuffling at the Trump organization

which is run by his sons Eric Trump and

Donald Trump Jr uh it's a ridiculous

award this a fine of $355 million for

doing a perfect job we asked Mark Zer a

veteran New York trial and app pellet

lawyer to break down the judge's

decision and what it means for Trump's

business Empire one of the things that

the judge noted in a footnote to his

decision was a reason why he was pulling

back on the cancellation of business

certificates is what he characterized as

potential economic harm with that we're

bring in Alina habba attorney for former

president Trump Alina great to have you

with us thank you for being here today I

actually want to start uh with that a

piece of sound from the town hall last

night with Laura Ingram and the former

president Donald Trump watch this

it's such a huge amount of money you

have to decide whether you're going to

put up that Bond and escrow to to appeal

are you going to do that where you going

tell you what we're going to do number

one well I have a lot of cash but that

doesn't mean he can take it I mean you

know what he did I think he looked at my

cash and he said well we'll take all of

his cash so Alina welcome uh first of

all thank you for being here and does

that indicate that the former president

plans to pay this Bond whether he's

going to do the bond or pay this

outright in cash because he says that he

essentially has that much cash is that

the

case I actually agree with my client's

sentiment I just want to add something

that most Americans don't realize Miss

James started out asking for $250

million when she got a glimpse of just

how wealthy the Trump organization is

because they're a successful business in

the state of New York because they

employ thousands of people and pay

hundreds of millions of do dollars in

taxes to the state of New York she upped

that she upped that ask why because her

goal was to try and hurt the president

try and hurt his family his company and

quite honestly all I can say to that

without breaking my privilege and giving

her a glimpse which I would never give

her the courtesy of having into our

strategy is that she has no chance the

appellant record is strong the record is

going to be uh very clear to the

American public and I look forward to

having everyone see what we say and and

really get a glimpse of what happened in

that 11 weeks in court but nonetheless

Elena that amount is there any hail Mar

pass that circumvents the reality that

that money has to be paid whether it's

in a bond or in cash before you can go

to the Appellate process is there any

workaround at

all so there's a couple things right and

I'll speak generally you can post a bond

um which is an option you can tell the

judge that you should set aside the

verdict because it's insane which this

is um will you be asking do all those

options are on the table I will never

show my cards Martha you know I'm too

good to do that but I will tell you that

we we have a great team I'm proud of our

our team and we're working around the

clock to figure out what strategically

is the best move one thing I can tell

you is that her goal of tearing down the

Trump organization her goal of tearing

down the individuals that work so hard

including on his campaign his family and

the list goes on and on her goal is

frankly not going to succeed that's all

I'm willing to say what did you make of

the fact that she said you know when she

was sort of guessing how he may come up

with this money or what he might choose

to sell off she said well I look up at

40 Wall Street every single

day yes and that chip on her shoulder is

why we're here today look this is a

woman who ran on getting Trump before

she even knew anything about the Trump

organization she made good on a campaign

promise and she used judgeing Goron to

help her facilitate that promise Martha

all I can say is this President Trump is

one of the smartest businessmen one of

the greatest presidents we have ever

seen if she thinks she is going to take

him down if that was her goal which we

all know very well it was and she got a

strong assist there in court but I will

tell you this that goal will not be

successful and that is the message I can

give to everyone listening here it will

not be successful we've seen it happen

time and time again look at what's

happening in Georgia look at what's

happening with Miss James going to

Washington right before she files the

complaint we have proof of that now

we're not talking about it because it's

so damaging this is all political

there's absolutely no no factual basis

to it and I'm really looking forward to

everybody seeing our record on appeal I

hope they take the time to read it so

that they can get a window into what are

the facts they've done nothing wrong

there were no victims and everyone made

money you're going to see businesses

fleeing New York right the New York

Times reports several major investment

firms are leaving major players in the

financial world are rethinking their

involvement in the fight three Giants JB

Morgan Chase State Street and black rock

have distanced themselves New York has

become a legal Banana Republic yes so

you show me the man I'll show you the

crime that was a famous saying from

Stalin's chief of police that's how the

prosecutorial system is now working

against Donald Trump today Not only was

this not a victimless crime Sean you

want to think about the people who did

business with Donald Trump they made

money off of those interactions not just

average consumers but financial

institutions so for her to bring this

case I think is a legal and

unconstitutional violation and when

that's overturned on appeal she's now

talking about seizing Trump's residences

in real estate properties I want to know

what property of Leticia James is going

to be seized when this is overturned on

appeal for the damage this is doing to

our country and to trust in the standard

of the rule of law in the United States

of America we need accountability when

this is overturned on appeal but for now

I'll say this is a travesty of justice

and this should not happen in the United

States of America I've been indicted

more than some of the greatest criminals

in the world for

nothing for nothing if I if my

plane flies over a blue

state that evening I get a subpoena to

report to a Federal

grand can you explain that to me what

has happened to this great

constitutional republic that is supposed

to be you know governed by Equal justice

under the law and equal application of

our laws every American should fear this

regardless of where they stand

politically that's what I

believe this isn't the American dream

this is the American Nightmare and this

is not even about Donald Trump it's

about every other American at home who's

now at risk of prosecutorial abuse as

well I think one of the great things

that happened for this country was in

the last week seeing Fanny Willis

actually testify in that case Sean there

the American public was able to see bear

these are the people who are actually

pursuing these cases against Donald

Trump people have no idea about basic

geography or the basic idea or the

understanding of the law as well these

are not the people that our founding

fathers and vision should be in charge

of let alone Prosecuting a former

president of the United States and

somebody who's running for president of

the United States they're rolling over

in their graves we're supposed to be a

country where regardless of your skin

color and yes regardless of your

political belief there is one standard

of the rule of law in the United States

of America and I'm grateful that Donald

Trump is standing strong that he's

actually said it beautifully the other

night actually on Fox on the at the Town

Hall he said it you know what my

Vengeance will be success will be my

Vengeance there's a trap to try to bait

somebody to come after them in so many

different directions that you get them

to crumble or to make a mistake I'm glad

to see him going in the other direction

to say that you know what we're going to

chase success success is unifying

success is how we win and you know what

I have full confidence that that's

exactly what's going to happen this

November even though they've created a

complicated path to get there well let's

bring in the chairman of oir venture

Shark Tank Judge Kevin o Kevin so good

to see you this evening I mean let me

just jump right in here last time you

and I spoke about the possibility of

what the fine could be in this case we

now know what it is it's more than 350

million bucks that's a huge financial

hit and I'm I'm wondering where is he

going to get this

money actually it's close at a half a

billion with a 9% interest assuming

it'll take 18 to 2 years to actually

settle this in an appeal which I think

it should be appealed um he he'll work

hard to raise it I think he can do it

but I what I I don't think this case is

about Trump anymore at all because you

heard the governor of New York come out

yesterday and say look everybody uh

don't be scared about doing a business

in New York uh because the only people

we prosecute are people like Donald

Trump who don't behave well that didn't

go over very well with the investment

Community because we're all asking each

other who's next this was a victimless

crime nobody lost any money and a judge

out of nowhere put on a

$355 million penalty I mean who's next

so if you Kevin before I I don't want to

cut you off but I hear about the the

so-called victim's crimes but the laws

on the books falsification of business

records in second degree issuing false

financial statements insurance fraud

conspiracy and all these different

aspects of it those are actual crimes I

take it your point is that these should

not have been

prosecuted well my point is there's

never been a case like this in 75 years

everything you just listed off is done

by every real estate developer

everywhere on earth in every city this

has never ever been prosecuted but

here's the real point that people in New

York should concern themselves with you

can put your money anywhere I'm a real

estate developer do you think there's a

chance I would ever take a chance on New

York again New York is turning itself

into a fly over State I have to build

data centers now I'm not going to go to

New York New York has power it's got

fber Optics it's got Niagara Falls but

no we're not even thinking about it

we're going to places that have the

exact same thing where we have rational

Governors that have never done this to

investors this is about New York and its

people if I were in New York today and I

was living there I would ask myself

maybe we should hire better

management why is this happening to us

why are we becoming a flyover State why

are investors concerned about putting

their money there but shouldn't you ask

that wouldn't wouldn't those people also

be saying first of all I do wonder how

many people take issue with the idea

that every investor is engaged in

falsifying business records that every

investor is engaged in what has been

accused of Donald Trump and the Trump

organization because there's probably a

lot who are saying to themselves I've

never falsified my business records I

know what a square foot looks like like

I know what what I can ask for and what

I have the money to support so I I

wonder to what extent that really is

true but on the second Point wouldn't

there be many companies who would not

want to do business or loan money to

people like yourself or investors if

they know that they can get away with

fraud and there's no recourse to protect

them excuse me what fraud I don't this

is not about Trump anymore when you get

a developer when you get a developer

that builds a building and he says it's

worth $400 million and he wants to

borrow 200 million from a bank which

happens every day everywhere on Earth

including every American city every

developer is an entrepreneur they Shine

the Light on their building and they say

it's worth 400 the bank does its own due

diligence as was done in this case

because they're very good at it the

banks are very good and they say no it's

worth 300 we're only going to loan you

150 million that haggling has gone on

for decades that's how it works and then

in this case even the bank that was

supposedly defrauded testified and said

we didn't lose anything we want to do

business with this guy again we'd like

to but the judge said no no no no no no

let's penalize this developer for 355

million and we're going to do that let's

penalize all the developers all across

America they've all done the same thing

all of them should go to jail and we

should stop building buildings that's

what the message is from New York even

the governor herself is concerned about

what this looks like to investors all

around the world it's not just us

domestic all around the world people are

talking about what happened here you

really think people want to invest money

in New York after this how about we go

somewhere else I think there are people

who would I don't want to cut you off

but I I want to converse with you inste

did I it's only because I want to have a

conversation I

respect I respect you because you're a

lawyer you're lawyer you understand

exactly what I'm talking about I got to

tell you I'm I'm respectable for a

number of reasons Kevin o lary but being

a lawyer is one of those issues but I'll

tell you when I when I hear your

conversation and I do want to converse

with you about this point I understand

that there are legitimate concerns that

were raised during the trial and will

continue to be raised about who the

quote unquote what who is actually

bringing the suit it wasn't the banks

who were saying that we as consumers are

unsophisticated feel this way but

Laticia James the Attorney General and I

know you want to expand Beyond Trump has

suggested well it's about making the

playing field level for those who are

not the major and billionaire investors

but for those who are supposed to put

business records out there want to get a

loan the idea of making sure that they

have to have the same true statements

included as those who have a lot more

money is there any weight to that for

you well I ask you who lost money and I

make it even clearer you and I we

developing a data center together and I

say to you we can go to New York where

this just happened it's your money now

you're now an investor and you're taking

risk you're an entrepreneur with me

right beside me we're together on the

deal or I can show you Oklahoma North

Dakota West Virginia where the governors

actually ran businesses let's go there

where that's never happened before they

have power they have permits they've got

legislation that's supportive of

Entrepreneurship why would we go to New

York why take the risk

my only point is did we just diminish

the great state of New York and the

great people of New York and shouldn't

they ask for better management so they

don't become a flyover State remember

New York has the highest taxes in the

country the worst regulatory environment

and it's incredibly mismanaged and I'm

pointing out now on top of that you get

this Insanity a a victimless crime and

forget about Trump it's not about Trump

I don't care about Trump in this I care

about America and I care about

entrepreneurship and I care about

democracy and the fairness the judicial

system is now being criticized people

are asking themselves the bar of New

York is this judge rational to charge

355 million in a case where no one lost

any money is that good for the people of

New York shouldn't the people of New

York wake up to this and say what's

happening to us why is this becoming so

pervert

why are we the focus of this Injustice

and nothing to do with Trump I'm not

supporting Trump I'm supporting American

entrepreneurship and New York is slowly

becoming the number one loser state in

America I'm sorry that's what's

happening well that's news to the city

that doesn't sleep but I'll tell you

what the governor has said that

legitimate business operations have

nothing to worry about I as an attorney

am looking at this issue wondering what

the appeals process will look like

because they're going to delve into that

very topic that you have raised they're

going to talk about perhaps the novelty

of this being as you describe not

brought on behalf of you know

unsophisticated consumers who may have

been duped but decisions made by loan

entities who wanted to engage in

business with this particular

organization that be important go ahead

put your hand put my hand I want to put

up my hand and ask governor who's next

who are you going after next you want

your hand up for that Kevin put your

hand down if that's the question what do

you mean every every entrepreneur in New

York is saying am I next Who's Next why

should I do business here when there are

so many more business friendly states

that I could do business in Florida in

Texas for example we've seen Elon Musk

make that historic move so I think

people are looking at New York and

saying unless you do something to change

the vibe here to turn this environment

around not for me