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Donald Trump will soon be taken to task regarding his boast about having almost $500 million, a move that contradicted arguments his attorneys are making in court, according to a former prosecutor.

Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner went on The Legal Breakdown, where he talked about all the possibilities of what could happen in the Trump fraud case in which he was ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars.

One of those possible outcomes, according to the legal analyst, is that everything will come to a head on Monday this coming week....

Former President Donald Trump is hoping that the Truth Social merger will give him a large enough wealth infusion to get a handle on his multiple legal judgments, at least as long as he can get them appealed — and he claimed on Truth Social that he has already come up with the half a billion dollars he needs in any case.

But the sheer amount of money he owes is only one of the problems for him, MSNBC reporter Adam Reiss told anchor Chris Hayes on Friday. Another is the eagle-eyed scrutiny and restrictions the courts have placed his real estate empire under.

"He says he has the cash on Truth Social," said Hayes. "If he had the cash, we probably wouldn't be in this situation, right? Is that a fair determination?"...

Former president Donald Trump late Friday night railed against the civil fraud case in which he was ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars. Some saw it as a sign that he can't even afford the bond needed to appeal it.

Trump has promised to challenge the massive judgment, but legal experts suggest it will be unsuccessful, except for maybe shaving some money off the total fine.

Still, none of that has stopped Trump from lashing out at the judge and prosecutor in that case....

Christina Bobb, an attorney for Donald Trump, insisted that the former president did "not even consider himself" and possible gains from hyping the legal charges against him. She also lamented a recent legal setback.

During an interview on Newsmax, host Michael Grimm asked Bobb how Trump kept his spirits up despite indictments and lawsuits. Bobb suggested Trump was selfless.

"His spirits could not be higher," she insisted. "He's amazing. I've never seen anyone able to ward off the attacks and the threats that he has and continue to keep going." ...

"Shocked," a legal expert said on Wednesday after detailing a new Donald Trump filing in which his "angry" attorneys demanded a stay of the massive civil fraud judgment.

MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin took to social media to explain some of the newest revelations in the fraud case, which saw the ex-president being found liable for fraud and ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars. There has been a lot of speculation as to how Trump will pay the hefty fee.

But Rubin is paying more attention to the fact that Trump's lawyers earlier had asked Justice Engoron "for time to submit a proposed counter-judgment even though it should be a relatively plain statement of the injunctive relief Engoron ordered plus some math to fill in the pre-judgment interest."...

Donald Trump was recently ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for fraud in New York, but the consequences don't end there. That ruling will likely come back to haunt the former president as he gears up for his first criminal trial in March, according to one legal expert.

Trump was hit with the massive fraud ruling by Judge Engoron, who additionally limited the ex-president's business activities in the entire state for three years. But the judge also made one finding that will hurt Trump in his criminal "hush money" case coming March 25, according to former federal prosecutor Shan Wu.

In the course of arguing that the hush money case, which alleges Trump paid off porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an affair as a form of election interference, is stronger than most believe, Wu notes that the case is all about a paper trail of money....