Portrait image of Trump looking into camera with blue suit
Former president Donald Trump attends fraud trial in New York
  • Donald Trump offered to post a $100 million bond as he appeals his fraud trial loss.
  • The judgment against him, the Trump Organization, and other executives stands at $454 million.
  • Bond companies typically don't like dealing with real estate as collateral, an expert told Business Insider.

Donald Trump is pleading poverty.

The former president's lawyers said in a court filing Wednesday that he's prepared to post a $100 million bond to stop the enforcement of the New York attorney general's massive court victory against him in a sprawling civil fraud trial, multiple media outlets reported.