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 The ruling yesterday doesn’t take Trump’s businesses away from him. It’s not like civil forfeiture. Only in the most extreme case could he be forced to sell them, and it’s not at all clear that would be the outcome, anyway. And he still gets to keep the money if he sells it. I wonder if people were getting a little overexcited yesterday.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/nyregion/trump-fraud-lawyers.html?unlocked_article_code=gsi7KeQZR7Sf960t4Re0MCtU_XnECPoRNlaWt8OWRs2qRMaKleKad7jzvEK2mcgyd1bOBXITcnm3lhGI0-n-zDJRDkPE-WvpJuh2W60YItKl8BiNwn18FXL_Ib_XA8mltfagw5vnS8F4KUC59ysaHLv694bA4UQq-HeKm1PFZleqvOE7Oqp64Oe-AKYZba9KHj6N0VvagzupgmuOrceueB6rqvcnL0h7QWo7PvWYOxq6OIYnERkOtYce6lSAQKcTYBsAWFB3ZdI4CFOevxTYz6i8BjgiFHkFWIGZth9iLYtQd3r0Kn7dukbTmrpNcmOqkbCWRqrhrz-V_FTOuK8&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare 
 Especially if it turns out that $250 million is his actual net worth. 
 @e9eabda0 Well, he can't be an officer of any licensed company and his company also can't be licensed to do business, so there are some dire consequences there. But IF he has money/businesses left at the end, he could re-form in Florida or Delaware. ... maybe