NY Attorney General Seeks $370M Civil Fraud Penalty from Trump

Judge Arthur Engoron to make ruling by end of month after contentious trial; Trump's business certificates in New York already ordered cancelled.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking a $370 million civil fraud penalty from former President Donald Trump, a significant increase from the original $250 million figure.
James is also seeking to bar Trump from doing business in New York and impose a five-year ban on his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.
Judge Arthur Engoron has already found Trump and his co-defendants liable for persistent and repeated fraud and ordered the cancellation of Trump’s business certificates in New York, a decision Trump has appealed.
The trial, which has been contentious, is set to conclude with closing arguments next week, and Engoron could issue his ruling by the end of the month.
Trump’s lawyers argue that most of the transactions in the attorney general’s complaint were beyond the statute of limitations and that the attorney general did not demonstrate any real-world impact.