<div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/660b5194ae7c9d18ca945ca7/Donald-Trump/0x0.jpg?fit=scale" alt="Donald Trump" width="100%" height="auto"></div><figcaption><p class="color-body light-text">Donald Trump attends the wake for slain NYPD Officer 31yr old Jonathan Diller on Long Island, on March 28. (Photo by Theodore Parisienne for NY Daily News via Getty Images)</p><small class="color-body light-text">NY Daily News via Getty Images</small></figcaption>

<abbr class="drop-cap color-accent font-accent">D</abbr>onald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday in his New York State civil trial.

In February, Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/02/16/trump-ordered-to-pay-364-million-in-civil-fraud-case-as-judge-finds-ex-president-knowingly-committed-fraud/?sh=250deefa5be4" target="_self" class="color-link" title="https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/02/16/trump-ordered-to-pay-364-million-in-civil-fraud-case-as-judge-finds-ex-president-knowingly-committed-fraud/?sh=250deefa5be4" data-ga-track="InternalLink:https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/02/16/trump-ordered-to-pay-364-million-in-civil-fraud-case-as-judge-finds-ex-president-knowingly-committed-fraud/?sh=250deefa5be4" aria-label="Trump had fraudulently misstated">Trump had fraudulently misstated</a> the value of his and his company’s assets on financial statements.

The bond was provided by California-based company Knight Insurance. The chair of that company is <a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/don-hankey/?sh=52b35cdf1783" target="_self" class="color-link" title="https://www.forbes.com/profile/don-hankey/?sh=52b35cdf1783" data-ga-track="InternalLink:https://www.forbes.com/profile/don-hankey/?sh=52b35cdf1783" aria-label="Don Hankey,">Don Hankey,</a> who presides over an auto-services empire.

<em>This is a developing story and will be updated.</em>

A company backed by Don Hankey, the California billionaire who made his fortune on high-interest car loans, comes to Trump’s rescue. {ai:summary}<p>Donald Trump attends NYPD officer's wake and posts $175 million bond in NY civil trial for asset value fraud. #crime</p>

Trump Posts $175 Million Bond In New York Civil Fraud Lawsuit

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