How Trump, suddenly strapped for cash, could raise more than half a billion dollars to satisfy judgments against him

New York (CNN) —& Donald Trump is facing a cash crunch as deadlines are quickly approaching to find over half a billion dollars he owes in judgments. On Wednesday, a New York appeals court& judge refused to give the former president additional time& to satisfy a& $454 million judgment& from a civil fraud case. A federal judge is poised to decide whether to grant Trump’s last-ditch& legal effort to delay& or post a fraction of an $83.3 million judgment he owes E. Jean Carroll from a defamation case. The scramble over the past week reveals challenges Trump is facing in raising the combined judgments totaling $537 million. In pleading for relief, Trump’s lawyers told judges it could cost him an additional $104 million to post the bonds – their estimate of fees he would need to pay. Trump’s lawyers said he may have to dump some of his properties under “exigent circumstances” to raise cash quickly, tap the capital markets, or find another source of cash. Last month Trump began hawking& $399 gold sneakers. “It is a really substantial problem. He’s really between a rock and a hard place,” said Adam Kaufmann, a criminal defense lawyer. The cash crunch challenges...