Time’s up for Trump as $464m fraud bond deadline and hush money trial hearing loom today: Live

As deadline day dawns for Donald Trump to pay the $464m bond in his New York civil fraud case, the Republican presidential candidate has been claiming that he has nearly $500m “in cash” despite his own attorneys telling a New York court that he cannot come up with the money.

Mr Trump has repeatedly claimed that he is worth billions of dollars, with much of that value tied up in the Trump Organization and his brand-building real estate holdings.

Before Monday’s deadline to post the mammoth bond, the former president declared on his Truth Social platform that he had earned the money he alleges Democrats are trying to take away from him “through hard work, talent and luck”.

That “substantial amount” had been intended for his presidential campaign, he said.

New York attorney general Letitia James is preparing to seize Mr Trump’s assets if he is unable to come up with the money he needs to appeal the outcome of his Manhattan fraud trial.

Mr Trump will be in the city today for an important hearing in the hush money case against him, which was due to begin on Monday but is currently scheduled for 15 April.

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