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Michael Cohen, the lead prosecution witness in Donald Trump's upcoming criminal hush money trial, was publicly chastised Wednesday over accusations of perjury in a motion that could prove "pure gold" for the former president's legal team, according to a new analysis of recent court filings.

New York federal Judge Jesse Furman Wednesday denied Cohen's request for an early end to his "supervised release" following his prison term on tax evasion charges, and cited his recent testimony in Trump's civil fraud trial to explain why.

Donald Trump sent out a frantic fundraising plea centered around the possibility that Trump Tower might be seized as part of the massive New York fraud judgment leveled against him.

The former president's lawyers notified the court that none of 30 underwriting entities they approached would finance the half-billion bond he needs to pay as he appeals the fraud judgment, which means the New York attorney general's office could begin seizing his properties next week if he fails to pay by Monday's deadline.

New York Attorney General Letitia James could swoop in and seize former President Donald Trump's properties as soon as Monday, a CNN analyst reported Wednesday.

"They are ready to move forward to try to seize some of his assets, and possibly properties," CNN reporter Kara Scannell said.

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday told the state's appeals court to ignore former President Donald Trump's claims that he can't cough up the $464 million damages he was hit with in his civil fraud trial, court records show.

James' taut slap-back comes as "panic" mounts among the Trump team just five days before the massive payment is due, sources close to the former president told CNN.

Trump may be planning to let his properties be seized by New York Attorney General Letitia James, with the intention to fight to get them back at the Supreme Court.

Faced with a $464 million civil judgment after losing the business fraud case brought by James, Trump's attorneys have now told the court that he has no way to obtain the bond necessary to cover it while he appeals the ruling, which opens up the possibility James could seize his properties.

Donald Trump was relying on the Chubb Corporation underwriting the $464 million bond he needs to pay by Monday — and the company's refusal to do so has left him panicking, according to a report.

CNN's Kaitlan Collins said Tuesday that the former president was "counting on the insurance company" to bail him out with the damages he owes after his civil fraud trial, just as it did when it supplied assurances for the $91 million bond after he was found liable for defaming New York columnist E. Jean Carroll.

Former President Donald Trump uncorked a lengthy early-morning rant about Judge Arthur Engoron as he struggles to come up with money to post bond to appeal the massive New York fraud verdict leveled against him.

Posting on his Truth Social page, the former president raged at New York Attorney General Letitia James for filing a business fraud lawsuit against the Trump Organization and he accused Engoron of being her "puppet."

Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba is banking on the $464 million civil debt racked up in the New York fraud case being thrown out.

"Despite the fact that witnesses frankly had said that they were great clients, we all made money, they did nothing wrong, we got slammed with this egregious number, and I'm confident we'll overturn it," she said during an interview with the online podcast X22 Report, which was reported by Newsweek.

New York state Supreme Court Judge Juan M. Merchan ruled Monday that former President Donald Trump cannot use a "presence-of-counsel" defense at his upcoming hush money trial.

Trump has asked the court for permission to claim he committed 34 felony counts during the "presence" of lawyers and believed the actions were legal. However, Trump did not intend to relinquish attorney-client privilege as required in a traditional advice-of-counsel defense.

Appearing with MSNBC host Katie Phang on Saturday afternoon, former Donald Trump lawyer and "fixer" Michael Cohen claimed his former client is struggling to raise the cash he needs after losing a half-billion dollar judgment in Judge Arthur Engoron's courtroom.

Worse still, he stated, the former president doesn't want New York Attorney General Letitia James pouncing on him if he doesn't meet his bond deadline.

Asked, "Your thoughts about what Donald Trump is doing in order to secure that very large bond," he replied, "Donald Trump will do anything within which to ensure the bond gets obtained and the bond gets posted."

"This is a real problem for him," he elaborated. "He had a hard enough time getting the $91 million [for E. Jean Carroll], which again, I can't understand how a publicly traded company like Federated, which is Chubb Insurance, was able to justify making to a guy that does not pay his bills, that's something we all know for sure."

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"But rest assured of something else," he added, "The last person that Donald Trump right now wants to scrap with is our unsinkable Attorney General Tish James. She already knows what is going to happen come the day the bond is not filed. She will start seizing the assets, there is going to a major sale of these assets."

"One of the things that I talk about quite often is that people do not realize just because you sell the asset does not mean the full sale price goes to, let's say Donald Trump or Letitia James in order to offset the amount of the $500 plus million bond with $110,000 a day of accruing interest," he explained. "There are taxable consequences that take place on these assets as well because his basis is substantially low."

"On top of that, many of these assets are also encumbered with mortgages. It is not as if 100 cents on the dollar will go toward paying off that $500 million obligation," he stated.

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Former President Donald Trump's first criminal trial is due to begin in less than two weeks, and his ex-attorney doesn't think Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will have a difficult time securing a guilty verdict.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, lawyer Alan Dershowitz — who represented Trump in his first impeachment trial — said Trump's legal team should expect a worst-case scenario, given their current 0-3 record in New York courtrooms.