Letitia James filed a ā€˜notice of exception to the sufficiency of the suretyā€™ seeking more information about Knight Specialty Insurance Company

Donald Trumpā€™sĀ $175m bondĀ in hisĀ New YorkĀ civil fraud case has been thrown into doubt by New York Attorney GeneralĀ Letitia JamesĀ after she filed a notice asking for evidence that the out-of-state firm that underwrote it really has the money to pay up.

Ms Jamesā€™s office submitted a ā€œnotice of exception to the sufficiency of the suretyā€ on Thursday asking for further proof that California-basedĀ Knight Specialty Insurance CompanyĀ (KSIC) has the capital to proceed on theĀ former presidentā€™s behalf.

KSIC is not regulated by New York state, which means that it is not authorised to issue surety bonds in the Empire State and therefore cannot obtain a certificate from the New York Department of Financial Services, which is customarily part of any bond package.

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    8 months ago

    Huh. Well I was thinking heā€™d be hard pressed to actually find that many; but uh, thereā€™s thought to be 200 billion in circulation .

    So heā€™d need 17.5 billion pennies. (+interest. I donā€™t want to figure that out.)

    A single roll is 50x2.5 grams, or 125 grams.

    If my pre caffinated math is correct, that comes out to 2.18 billion kilograms. Class 8 dump trucks (like for hauling dirt,) can handle 6.3k kilos to 11k.

    Rounding to 6k and 11k, fyiā€¦.

    Assuming they all fitā€¦ a dump truck could handle between 50 thousand and 88 thousand rolls each trip. Or 25k to 44k dollars in pennies.

    It would take between 43,600 and 24,773 trips, using a class 8 dump truck.

    All bets are off if youā€™re talking about the typical armored truck hauls.