Donald Trump scored a major victory after suspending a ruling that required him to pay a fine of $454 million if he posted a smaller bond of $175 million within ten days. That way New York state authorities will not be able to seize assets of the Republican real estate mogul.

The ruling by the state Court of Appeals today eases an acute cash crunch for Trump, who argued he would be forced to “sell off” his assets to post the initial bond.

He was fined when he was found guilty, along with his sons Donald Jr. and Eric, of financial fraud designed to defraud investors and lenders.

He immediately announced that he “respects the decision of the Court of Appeals and will deposit the $175 million in cash, bonds or stocks ‘or whatever is needed’ very quickly.”

At the same time, however, Judge Juan Mercan made it clear that he does not intend to grant a new adjournment to Trump’s trial over money paid to buy the silence of porn star Stormy Daniels, who claimed they had an extramarital affair in 2006.

“The prosecution has gone way above and beyond the call of duty, it’s strange that we’re here to discuss another adjournment,” the judge told Trump’s lawyers, after previously setting a new trial for April 15 for the two sides to review the thousands of documents. which were recently delivered to them.

The trial was scheduled to begin today with jury selection. Trump is accused of falsifying documents of the family business, the Trump Organization, to hide the $130,000 paid in October 2016 to Daniels by his former lawyer and confidante, Michael Cohen.