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New York Appeals Court Overturns Trump’s $500 Million Fraud Judgment, Affirms Civil Liability

Letitia James plans to ask New York’s high court to reinstate the monetary sanction, setting up the next phase of the case.

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El presidente de Estado unidos, Donald Trump.
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ARCHIVO - El expresidente Donald Trump asiste a los argumentos finales en el juicio civil por fraude de la Organización Trump en la Corte Suprema del estado de Nueva York, en Manhattan, el 11 de enero de 2024. (Shannon Stapleton/Pool Photo vía AP, archivo)

Overview

  • A five-judge Appellate Division panel vacated roughly $464–$527 million in restitution and penalties, calling the sum an excessive fine under the Eighth Amendment.
  • Judges left intact the lower court’s finding that Donald Trump, the Trump Organization, and his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump committed civil fraud by inflating asset values.
  • The decision came in a fractured 323-page set of opinions with no single majority, including a separate writing that accused the prosecution of political intent.
  • Non-monetary measures, including limits on doing business in New York and temporary bans on corporate leadership, remain paused or under review as appeals continue.
  • Trump hailed the outcome as a “total victory,” while the attorney general vowed to appeal to the New York Court of Appeals; Trump had posted a $175 million bond that stayed collection.