'All is not what it seems': Legal expert explains rejected document in Trump fraud case

A legal analyst is clearing things up when it comes to a recent filing in Donald Trump's civil fraud case.

Earlier in the day, Raw Story reported that documents related to Donald Trump's $175 million bond in that case were "returned for correction" after his lawyers reportedly forgot to attach a financial statement.

But legal eagle Lisa Rubin had something else in mind.

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"Today, I learned that the court filing reflecting Trump’s bond in the civil fraud case was 'returned for correction' and specifically, for the inclusion of a current financial statement and power of attorney. But all is not what it seems," Rubin said Wednesday. "The financial statement that is missing does not seem to be Trump’s. Rather, the court appears to be demanding these documents from Knight Specialty Insurance Co. to ensure that company is sufficiently capitalized and authorized to post the bond."

Rubin added that, "As of tonight, those documents do not appear on the docket."

"But you know who likely DOES have all of those details? Retired federal judge Barbara Jones, the court-appointed monitor in the case. Under a 3/21/24 order, the Trump Org must give her advanced notice of their efforts to secure surety bonds," the analyst added. The information she is entitled to includes “any financial disclosures requested or required, any information provided in response to such requests, any representations made by the Trump Org. in connection with acquiring such bonds.'"

Rubin added that she "can think of a courtroom full of journalists, as well as a bunch of lawyers in the New York Attorney General’s office, who would love to know what Barbara Jones presumably knows right now."