The suit doesn’t specify how much those benefits came out to, but also asks for money to cover the costs of litigation and any prejudgment interest.

And that gargantuan figure actually understates the price tag: With the addition of prejudgment interest required under New York law, Trump is looking at closer to $500 million.

Israel and Palestine are mentioned plenty of times within the hour, but their absence from its title seems like an intentional effort to stave off prejudgment.

The Monday filing does not expressly call the judge prejudiced against Mr Trump, but says certain statements she has made in her court "create a perception of prejudgment incompatible with our justice system".

The motion describes the remarks as a “prejudgment” of Trump’s guilt.