Letitia James filed a ‘notice of exception to the sufficiency of the surety’ seeking more information about Knight Specialty Insurance Company
Donald Trump’s $175m bond in his New York civil fraud case has been thrown into doubt by New York Attorney General Letitia James 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 James’s office submitted a “notice of exception to the sufficiency of the surety” on Thursday asking for further proof that California-based Knight Specialty Insurance Company (KSIC) has the capital to proceed on the former president’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.
But that’s exactly the issue. The bond company is pretending that they don’t have to follow any law/regulation because they’re out of state. While AG is objecting based upon the NY law regarding the bond.
Meaning, need to show financials. Need to have enough assets. The AG said that their assets are lower than the bond amount. While the bond should be 10% of the assets at most.
The bond company added the financials of another company that’s not involved with the bond. Pretty shady behaviour.