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 Eduardo Munoz/ReutersAfter weeks of intrigue and oddly vague court filings, documents filed at the last minute on Monday night finally revealed what Donald Trump was forced to give up to score a deal with the Knight Specialty Insurance Company.
The documents reveal that the former president was forced to sign away rights to his account at the investment bank Charles Schwab-in which he claims to have more than $175 million-just to keep the New York Attorney General from snatching his properties in recent weeks after a judge ruled that Trump committed bank fraud.
"The $175 million bond is collateralized by $175,304,075.95 in cash held in a Charles Schwab account pledged to KSIC, and KSIC has the right to exercise control over that account," the company and Trump's lawyers said in a joint memorandum.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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 Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastDonald Trump's New York hush-money-to-a-porn-star trial has barely begun, and already, his MAGA backers are trying to rig the outcome.
On Monday, conservative media personality Clay Travis sent the following tweet to his one million-plus Twitter (X) followers: "If you're a Trump supporter in New York City who is a part of the jury pool, do everything you can to get seated on the jury and then refuse to convict as a matter of principle, dooming the case via hung jury. It's the most patriotic thing you could possibly do."
Make no mistake, this is a very dangerous and irresponsible message to send. It seeks to pervert the American legal system, a system where no man is above the law and the goal is to deliver blind justice.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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