Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez advocated Sunday for the seizure of former President Donald Trump’s assets to pay for the $454 million civil fraud ruling against him in New York.
Mr. Trump’s lawyers have said in court filings that he’s been unable to obtain financial backing to pay, and Monday marks the deadline to present a bond.
“What we are dealing with politically is the much larger and much more grave and serious pressure of having this judgment against Donald Trump and him being in this degree of debt and the financial pressures that he is under and what he is subject to do in order to obtain those assets,” Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“I actually think that there is a risk in not seizing these assets, and the open window that exists in him trying to secure these funds through other means,” she added.
Mr. Trump has claimed he has $500 million cash on hand, and he recently took his social media site Truth Social public in the stock market in a move that could help buoy his financial coffers.
New York Attorney General Letitia James has already taken steps to seize Mr. Trump’s property and assets if he cannot meet the Monday deadline.
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“If that seizure of assets would be pursued to any other American, then Donald Trump should be treated the same,” Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said.
• Ramsey Touchberry can be reached at rtouchberry@washingtontimes.com.
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