Trump claims he has $500 million in cash, undercutting lawyers' claims on bond money
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... Former President Donald Trump claimed early Friday morning that he has "almost" $500 million in cash, undercutting his lawyers' claims that he would not be able to comply with the $464 million judgment against him and his co-defendants in the civil fraud case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

"Through hard work, talent, and luck, I currently have almost five hundred million dollars in cash, a substantial amount of which I intended to use in my campaign for president," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social in all caps. ...

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Donald Trump's big money bait-and-switch (2017)
publicintegrity.org

... When it comes to raising money, Donald Trump is morphing into the very kind of bootlicking presidential candidate he's insisted -- over and again -- that he wasn't, isn't and wouldn't become. ...

Trump on self-funding his presidential campaign:

"Part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So, if I need $600 million, I can put up $600 million myself. It's a huge advantage." " interview with ABC News in March 2011 ahead of aborted 2012 presidential run

"I don't need anybody's money. It's nice. I don't need anybody's money. I'm using my own money ... I'm not using donors. I don't care. I'm really rich." " announcement speech on June 16, 2015

"You know the nice part about me? I don't need anybody's money." " from an interview in August 2015 in Iowa

"I'm self-funding my own campaign. It's my money." " during a speech in Iowa on Feb. 1, 2016

"I don't believe I have been given any credit by the voters for self-funding my campaign, the only one. I will keep doing, but not worth it!" " from a tweet Feb. 2, 2016 ...