Trump pleads with supporters for cash to help pay soaring legal bills
by Martin Pengelly in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6KH4Q)
Former president lashes out at New York attorney general in email urging loyalists to to chip in and stop the witch-hunt'
Donald Trump on Thursday again asked loyal supporters for cash to help him meet mounting legal expenses and keep the filthy hands" of the New York attorney general off Trump Tower and other properties.
The appeal came as Trump faced an imminent deadline to pay a huge bond from a New York fraud trial that ended in a $454m civil judgment against him for overstating his net worth and the value of his real estate properties. If he is unable to post it, authorities could start to seize the former US president's assets.
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