Letitia James taunts Trump by updating the interest he has to pay on his $355 million fraud fine every day as he scrambles to pay the bond within 30 days

New York Attorney General Letitia James appears to be taunting former President Trump online as he scrambles to come up with the staggering nearly $355 million fine in his civil fraud case plus interest.

James has posted multiple times on X the amount the former president owes plus the accrued interest which is running at more than $112,000 a day.

On Saturday James posted on X ‘+$114,553.04’ with a retweet of the total fine and interest. On Sunday, she posted ‘+$114,553.04 = $464,805,336.70.’ On Friday she posted '$464,576,230.62.'

Her trolling came after the civil fraud judgment officially took effect on Friday, starting the clock on the 30 days in which Trump has to fork over the cash or post bond.

The former president was ordered to pay a whopping $355 million plus more than $100 million in interest on February 16 after being found liable for fraud for inflating the value of his properties. He was also banned from business in New York for three years. 

His two adult sons, Don Jr. and Eric, were also fined $4 million each and banned from doing business in the state for two years.

On Monday, the Republican presidential candidate and his sons filed an appeal to overturn Judge Arthur Engoron’s civil fraud trial verdict including the hefty fine and ban on doing business in New York, but appealing the ruling won’t automatically halt enforcement of the judgment.

Trump in court during his New York civil fraud trial. The former president was ordered to pay nearly $355 million and banned from doing business in the state for three years after being found liable for fraud. On Friday, his legal team filed an appeal to overturn the decision

New York Attorney General Letitia James has said she is prepared to seize Trump's assets if the former president does not pay up. She brought the case in 2022 accusing Trump inflating the value of his properties

It is unclear how Trump will come up with the money to pay the fine plus a separate $83.3 million judgment in the E Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit.

Trump said under oath last year that he has more than $400 million in cash, so it does not appear the presidential hopeful has enough cash on hand to cover his mounting legal costs, raising questions over whether he will have to sell off assets in his real estate portfolio.

James brought the civil fraud case back in 2022 and has said she is prepared to seize Trump's assets if he doesn't pay up. 

Trump's lawyer Alina Habba rejected James' remarks, saying her goal of 'tearing down' the Trump Organization was not going to succeed. 

James, a Democrat, accused Trump in the lawsuit of overstating his net worth by as much as $3.6 billion in financial statements provided to banks in order to obtain favorable loan terms.

A view of Trump tower on 5th Avenue in Manhattan on March 21, 2023. In one example, Trump was accused of knowingly inflating the value of his penthouse, claiming it was 30,000 square feet when it was just over 10,000 square feet

The appeals court, formally called the Appellate Division, First Department,  potentially could put the judge's ruling on hold during an appeals process that could last a year or longer.

Engoron's hefty ruling followed a contentious three-month trial in Manhattan that began in October. It featured testimony by Trump, who conceded that his property valuations were not always accurate but said his lenders were on notice to independently verify them.

Trump has on multiple occasions lashed out at both James and Engoron and said he is the victim of a 'political witch hunt.'

Trump’s mounting penalties are just a start of the serious legal challenges the former president has to deal with this year. He also faces 91 criminal charges across four criminal cases.

The first case is scheduled to go to trial on March 25. Trump is charged in connection to hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Trump is also under indictment in Washington, DC and Georgia over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss and in Florida over his handling of classified documents upon leaving office. He has pleaded not guilty in all four cases.

Even as Trump faces a barrage of legal trouble, his momentum continues to surge in his quest to secure the Republican presidential nomination. 

On Saturday, he won the South Carolina GOP primary giving him a straight sweep of all four Republican early voting contests. He has been leading in the polls in Michigan ahead of its GOP primary on Tuesday.