By Bond Robertson 
Earlier this week, former US President Donald Trump was ordered in New York to pay the equivalent of about 3.7 billion Norwegian kroner after being found guilty of fraud. He also loses the right to hold management positions in companies in New York for the next three years.
The backdrop is a lawsuit brought by New York State Attorney General Letitia James, in which Trump, his two eldest sons and the Trump family business were accused of cheating themselves out of better terms with banks and insurance companies by inflating the values of the family business. a company.
Now, Elena Cardone, a Trump supporter, has started a fundraising campaign for Trump through the platform GoFundMe, which can be compared to the Norwegian Spleis. The goal of the fundraiser is to raise the full amount.
“I stand firmly with President Donald Trump in the face of what I consider to be entirely new and unfair treatment of certain New York legal actors,” Cardone wrote on the website.
It continues:
His recent legal battles are not just an attack on him, but rather an attack on the ideals of justice and a fair trial, which all Americans deserve.
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Donald Trump did not hide his opinion on the ruling.
On his social media site, Truth Social, he criticized Judge Arthur Engoron and the prosecutor in the case on Friday.
This “decision” is a complete and comprehensive farce. “We cannot allow this injustice to continue,” Trump wrote.
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In the face of the press outside his residence in Florida, Trump was clear about what he wanted to do now in the matter.
– We will appeal, said the man who is now fighting to become the Republican Party's presidential nominee in the elections to be held in early November this year.
I got millions
So far, just under $250,000, or more than 2.5 million Norwegian kroner, has been raised for Cardone's fundraising campaign.
In addition to the latest ruling, Trump was also ordered in January to pay $83.3 million, or approximately 865 million Norwegian kroner, to writer E. Jane Carroll in a defamation case.
In May 2023, Donald Trump was convicted of assaulting writer E.B. Jane Carroll was ordered to pay damages of five million US dollars to her.
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Trump stated after the lawsuit that he had never met her and denied the abuse. This was a message he repeated several times. Carroll then sued him again for defamation.
“It is absolutely ridiculous. I completely disagree with both sentences,” Trump wrote on Truth Social after this sentence.
He also wrote that he would appeal the ruling, and that he believed the legal system was out of control and being used as a political weapon.