Harry Litman: 'Donald Trump DESPERATE To Avoid $454 Million Fine, FILES APPEAL'

Source:Harry Litman talking about Defendant Don.

"Only a few days after Justice Arthur Engoron issued the $464 million verdict in the civil fraud case, Trump appealed it asking an appeals court to determine whether Engoron “committed errors of law and/or fact, and whether he abused his discretion and/or acted in excess of his jurisdiction.”

From Harry Litman

"MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas and Harry Litman report on what’s going on behind the scenes with the Supreme Court as it prepares to make its decision on Donald Trump’s application for a stay pending certiorari related to his claim of presidential immunity." 

From the Meidas Touch

From what my colleague Kire Schneider wrote yesterday. 

"So the bottomline here, is Donald Trump has 25 days to come with 450 million, perhaps 500 million by then, or he goes bankrupt, just as he's trying to run for President again, just as he's facing two felony convictions, in separate jurisdictions, by the end of this summer." 

From The New Democrat

No offense to Harry Litman: but there's only one interesting story here, because the rest of these stories are fairly well-known as far as Donald Trump's potential bankruptcy, if he can't meet the bond payment on his New York State judgment against him. As well as what's going in Atlanta, Georgia right now, with Trump's lawyers trying to get the District Attorney there, Fani Willis, removed from the case, for having an adulterous affair with her lead prosecutor in that case and being inaccurate about the timeline there. 

The interesting story here, the newsworthy story here, is Harry Litman's theory for why the Supreme Court is taking so long to either grant or deny Donald Trump's stay on his immunity claim. Litman believes that they've already decided this case, but the Chief Justice, John Roberts, is simply waiting for the dissent opinion from either Justice Clarence Thomas or Samuel Alito. Meaning the Supreme Court will deny Trump's request for a stay. But they're simply waiting on the dissenting opinion from Justice Thomas or Justice Alito, perhaps they'll write a joint dissent in this case. 

I have my own theory here. Justice Thomas seems even more partisan than Justice Alito. We saw that during Donald Trump's appeals to deny Joe Biden the election back in late 2020. He simply turned away a big case that then President Trump had and simply didn't take that case and let the lower court ruling stand. Also, Justice Thomas's wife Ginni, is all in when it comes to MAGA. She was part of the "stop the steal movement" in late 2020 and perhaps one of the organizers 2021 insurrection attempt. 

My theory is that the Court has already ruled against Donald Trump. But they're waiting on whether Justice Thomas will either vote no and go down 8-1 in one of the biggest cases in the history of the Court and be remembered as the one U.S. Justice who believes Donald Trump is above the law. And risk looking pretty bad, perhaps even corrupt and looking like a partisan politician, instead of a judge. Or, will he just recuse himself and not vote at all and save himself from a little historical embarrassment. But that's my theory as an outsider in this case, whose not even a lawyer. 

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