Saying that the case should never had been allowed to proceed because it was too old–and besides, the penalty was just too much–multifaceted criminal dullard Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York appeals court to throw out the $454 million financial fraud judgment against him, CNN reports.
Trump’s lawyers threw everything at the wall, also claiming that Judge Arthur Engoron made reversible errors in allowing various counts and evidence in the case to remain after, according to them, the statute of limitations had long expired. They also claim that because no bank or institution claimed fraud, no fraud actually occurred under state law, so the entire case was bogus.
Trump didn’t need to raise the entire amount of the judgment to appeal after the court ruled he only needed to put up $146 million. He was able to get a wealthy supporter to post a bond. Luckily, Trump still has the GoFundMe started by his cult, which has been stuck at $2 million in donations for weeks.