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Watch Out: The Teflon Don Paid His Bond
When I call Donald Trump the Teflon Don, or warn you should never underestimate, or count him out, it’s not out of admiration. And I certainly don’t find him impressive.
It’s because it’s the truth. The man gets away with everything but murder, that we know of, and even said he could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue and not lose any voters. Trump has mind control over his MAGA cult, and he knows it. Yet, he also gets away with wrongdoing in settings that are not controlled by his followers. Don’t ask me why this is the case, because I wish I knew…
So, to the surprise of no one who’s been paying attention, Donald Trump made his lowered $175 million bond on Monday, postponing the seizure of his assets by New York Attorney General Letitia James while he tries to overturn his conviction for falsifying business records in the first degree. How was he able to get Knight Specialty Insurance Company, out of Delaware, to secure his bond???
According to Business Insurance —
Knight Insurance is part of the Hankey Group of Cos., a Los Angeles-based financial services group.
Donald Hankey, chairman, confirmed to Business Insurance Tuesday that Knight Specialty provided the bond to Mr. Trump.
“It was an opportunity to step in and make a little bit of…
