Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley reacted Monday to former President Trump’s bond being slashed to $175 million in the New York City civil fraud case, calling the original $454 million amount “absurd.” Turley called the bond change a needed “restraint” to the legal system in New York, warning the “political vortex” hasn’t played well with voters or companies.
JONATHAN TURLEY: The Court of Appeals may have felt that they can’t prejudge the evidence, and so to reduce the bond further would have been heavy-handed. I actually think they could have reduced this bond to virtually nothing, because the amount set by Engoron was absurd… There were no victims. There was no money lost. You had people that loaned this money and wanted more business, and so this figure seemed to be just snatched out of the air. He connected it to a few properties, but it was very speculative by reducing the amount…
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