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WATCH: CNN Analyst Casually Admits That Mar-A-Lago Is Worth Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars

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A CNN contributor casually admitted that Mar-A-Lago is worth hundreds of millions of dollars when discussing New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil fraud case against former President Donald Trump, which culminated in a judge ruling that the property is only worth between $18 and $35 million.

Real estate expert Bess Freedman joined CNN to discuss the potential seizure of Trump’s Westchester golf course and estate, a move James has already taken initial steps towards. Trump has until Monday to pay the entirety of the $434 million fine levied against him by Monday, otherwise James has promised to seize his properties.

You need at least 30 days to get any of these properties sold. But the property that you alluded to, Mar-A-Lago, potentially that could be something that could be sold quickly. I think the valuation is something in the hundreds of millions and I think there could be a buyer for something like that,” Freedman said.

“And that would be, literally, if you’re talking about doing that between now and Monday, that’s picking up the phone calling someone and then literally writing a check,” CNN’s Erin Burnett added.

Yeah, I mean there could be plenty of international people who want to buy that property. I mean, there’s properties that are priced at $150 and $200 million that are nearby that. And Palm Beach is like the Nvidia of real estate. It’s just shot up like a rocket. And people do want to live there. They’ve moved there. So I think that would be the best case scenario as to property if he’s trying to sell quickly,” Freedman continued.

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Trump has been ordered to come up with the entirety of the $434 fine levied against him by Judge Arthur Engoron by Monday. Trump’s lawyers have referred to the task as a “practical impossibility.”

“The amount of the judgment, with interest, exceeds $464 million, and very few bonding companies will consider a bond of anything approaching that magnitude,” Trump’s lawyers said. “Despite scouring the market, we have been unsuccessful in our efforts to obtain a bond for the Judgment Amount for Defendants for the simple reason that obtaining an appeal bond for $464 million is a practical impossibility under the circumstances presented.”

James has long threatened to seize former President Trump’s assets and properties if the fine is not paid on time. “If he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek judgment enforcement mechanisms in court, and we will ask the judge to seize his assets,” James said during an interview with ABC News last month.

On March 6, James registered Judge Arthur Engoron’s $464 million judgement against Trump in Westchester County, according to a Westchester County online database. The move will make it easier for James to seize the former president’s 140-acre Trump National Golf Club Westchester and Seven Springs estate, both of which are located in the New York suburb, if he is unable to pay the fine.