AOC mocked for warning about 'risk' of not seizing Trump's assets: 'Just plain ignorant'

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said that there is a "risk in not seizing" former President Trump's assets, warning about what Trump could do to secure the funds to post bond in his New York civil fraud case. Responding on "Fox & Friends" Monday, Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett called the comments "just plain ignorant." Later on Monday, a New York Appeals Court slashed the bond due in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ case by more than half.

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GREGG JARRETT: I have no idea what she was saying. … I don't really think she does. You know, trying to make sense of anything AOC says is sort of a favorite Washington parlor game. She has this uncanny ability to talk incessantly, while saying absolutely nothing. And that is because she is hopelessly uninformed, terminally obtuse, and I think just plain ignorant. This is the same person a week ago who said RICO or racketeering is not a crime. No sane person takes AOC seriously, which I suppose is why she's always featured on CNN.

Trump faced a deadline Monday to pay the $454 million penalty in the civil fraud judgment against him or the state of New York will have the opportunity to seize his properties while he appeals the ruling – though it remained unclear what