Their failure to disclose a proposal from a billionaire financier may have violated ethics rules.
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Fri. Apr 5, 2024
An appeals court reduced Trump’s bond by more than 60% after his attorneys claimed it was a “practical impossibility” to pay the full amount. Their failure to disclose a proposal from a billionaire financier may have violated ethics rules.
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