Trump owes about half a billion dollars in legal penalties — how will he pay for it?

This week on Trump's Trials , host Scott Detrow and Domenico Montanaro are joined by a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author of three books about Trump David Cay Johnston . Over the course of four weeks former President Donald Trump was slapped with nearly half a billion dollars in legal penalties. First a jury ordered him to pay writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million. Then a judge ordered him to pay nearly $355 million, plus $100 million in interest, for fraudulent business practices. We look into how Trump could pay these penalties and how he's paying for his lawyers. Topics include: - Importance of wealth to Trump's image - Civil fraud and E. Jean Carroll decisions - How Trump could pay legal penalties - How Trump is paying his lawyers Follow the show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify for new episodes each Saturday. Sign up for sponsor-free episodes and support NPR's political journalism at plus.npr.org/trumpstrials . Email the show at trumpstrials@npr.org Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy