Trump Has ‘Almost $500 Million’ Cash as Bond Deadline Looms (1)

Donald Trump said he has almost $500 million in cash on hand, a hefty sum that would still fall short of covering the former president’s appeal bond due in three days in New York state’s civil fraud suit.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said Friday in a post on his Truth Social platform that he intends to use a “substantial” amount of the cash on his campaign, which is already spending millions on his legal fees and lagging behind President Joe Biden in fundraising.

Trump’s post did not say he’d use the cash to post an appeal bond, which is ...