New York AG says $175 million Trump fraud bond isn't properly backed, should be voided
The New York Attorney General's office on Friday asked a judge to void a $175 million bond posted by former President Donald Trump to secure a much larger monetary damage award in his civil business fraud case. The AG's office in a filing said that Trump and other defendants in the case had failed to show there is enough identifiable collateral to back the bond for the judgment in Manhattan Supreme Court. The filing notes that the surety Trump used to obtain the bond, Knight Specialty Insurance Company, is "a small insurer that is not authorized to write business in New York and th