They've asked an appeals court to step in in the meantime and said Monday that they have not had any success getting a bond.
"Defendants’ ongoing diligent efforts have proven that a bond in the judgment’s full amount is 'a practical impossibility,'" the filing said.
Donald Trump during a "Get Out the Vote" rally in Rome, Ga., on March 9.
The lawyers also noted those companies typically “require collateral of approximately 120% of the amount of the judgment” — which would total about $557 million.
In a filing last month, Trump's lawyers asked that the bond amount be reduced to $100 million, but Monday's filing argues he shouldn't have to put up any bond at all.
Of that amount on the date the judgment was entered, the vast majority, or about $454 million, was against Trump and his companies.
In a separate case in New York federal court, Trump last week posted a $91 million bond to secure writer E. Jean Carroll's $83 million defamation judgment against him while he appeals that verdict as well. »
