Former President Donald Trump was ridiculed on social media Friday after he told Fox News he was prepared to take New York City justice Arthur Engoron's $464 million to the nation's highest court.
"I’ll fight this all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary," Trump told Fox. "They can’t take away your property before you’ve had a chance to appeal the decision of a Trump-hating, incompetent judge."
This claim arrived three days before the deadline for Trump to file a bond for the full amount or risk New York Attorney General Letitia James seizing assets that include his eponymous golf course and Westchester estate.
While Trump claimed Friday he had almost $500 million cash at hand, his lawyers have argued in court filings that he has not even been able to secure a bond, and thus should be granted a stay on the judgment as he appeals.
For the decision to reach the Supreme Court, Trump's legal team would have to push the case through New York's appeals court system. Trump has filed for appeal in New York's Appellate Division. Should they deny his request, his next step would be to take the case to the Court of Appeals, the state's highest court.
Then it could, theoretically, make its way to the Supreme Court.
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Trump's high court boasts took a much shorter route to social media, where readers who've been following the fraught civil court case raised questions about the former president's legal strategy.
"Good luck with that," quipped Josh H.
"Just pay your bills," added Eric Geeks.
EmpireEm took a look at Trump's possible political long game.
"He tells his supporters he'll challenge the judgment even though he can't," they wrote. "When he somehow tries & isn't able, he'll play the martyr again & the fervor in his supporters will grow."
X user Glaze took the opportunity to predict how the Supreme Court might weigh in on Trump's case.
"The not so SCOTUS would put a stay on the case for months then decide he had to pay," Glaze posited. "That's their new MO."
Conscientious Ice shared a definition of a common noun: "A liar is someone who says something they know is not true."
"All the way up to HIS Supreme Court," said MovieTime. "You all know that is how HE sees it."
