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Judge ends $10,000-per-day contempt fines against Trump, with conditions

May 11, 2022 2:02 pm

Jonah E. Bromwich and Ben Protess report in the New York Times that New York judge Arthur F. Engoron ruled on May 11 to end $10,000-a-day fines and a judicial order holding former President Donald Trump in contempt of court, but with conditions. Last month, Engoron ruled that Trump failed to comply with the terms of a December subpoena from Attorney General Letitia James requesting documents from his personal files. The judge ordered Trump to pay $10,000 a day until he provided the documents, and so far Trump owes $110,000. Trump is appealing the contempt ruling, so the judge says the money will be held in escrow until that appeal is settled. In a court filing earlier this year James alleged that the Trump Organization had engaged in “fraudulent or misleading” business practices, and she is seeking business records to see if, for instance, the Trump organization told the Internal Revenue Service that his properties were worth a different amount then what he told investors. Trump's lawyers argue that they have searched for and turned over all documents requested that they could find. The judge has also ordered that Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump all testify in the case, and Trump lawyers are also appealing that ruling. Read more about this story in the New York Times.

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