Lawyers for Donald Trump contacted Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Chubb and many others seeking an appeal bond for Trump's $454 million fraud judgment.

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  • Donald Trump and his co-defendants were in talks with insurance giant Chubb for a $464 million appeal bond, but the company backed out, a Trump Organization lawyer said.
  • Chubb previously provided Trump’s $91.6 million appeal bond in writer E. Jean Carroll’s civil defamation case.
  • In his New York civil business fraud case, Trump’s lawyers said they reached out unsuccessfully to more than 30 companies to secure a bond.
  • Those companies include Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, Liberty Mutual, Allianz, Chubb and Travelers, among others.
  • Default_DefectEnglish
    32·
    9 months ago

    They backed the $91.6 million appeal bond, then backed out of the $464 million appeal bond. It makes sense to me as a headline.

    • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      Ok. My reading comprehension must have failed me. Thanks for the correction.

      • Default_DefectEnglish
        6·
        9 months ago

        No worries, I often need to reread things because I miss a word or two. It happens.