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Donald Trump Ordered To Pay $110K To New York Attorney General Letitia James’s Office For Being In Contempt Of Court: ‘There Are Consequences For Abusing The Legal System’
- The former president appealed a judge’s civil contempt order for imposing a $10K daily fine on him for failing to comply with a subpoena issued last year.
- The attorney general’s office wanted records linked to an investigation into the finances of the Trump Organization.
- The state’s civil lawsuit seeks a $250 million judgment and a ban on any of the Trumps from running a company in New York.
a new york appeals court panel ordered former President Donald Trump on Tuesday to pay a $110,000 civil penalty decided by a judge in April 2022 after he was held in contempt for refusing to turn over documents to the state attorney general’s office as part of a investigation of your company.
The five-judge panel ruled that Trump’s fine for failing to comply with a subpoena for the records was a “proper exercise” of Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron’s discretionary power.
The $10,000 per day penalty was not excessive or improper under the particular circumstances, according to the decision.
Attorney General Letitia James praised the two-page ruling issued by the First Judicial Department of the Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court.
Once again, the courts have ruled that Donald Trump is not above the law‘ James said.
Former President Donald Trump is ordered to pay a $110,000 fine to the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James for being in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena
New York Attorney General Letitia James praised the court’s ruling. “Once again, the courts have ruled that Donald Trump is not above the law,” James said.
The NG AG office wanted records linked to an investigation into the finances of the Trump Organization.
“For years, he tried to stop and thwart our legal investigation into his financial transactions, but today’s decision sends a clear message that there are consequences for abusing the legal system,” he said. “We will not be intimidated or deterred from seeking justice.”
The judge imposed the fine on Trump last spring after ruling that he had repeatedly failed to provide James’ investigators with the Trump Organization business records they were seeking for the investigation of his real estate company.
‘Mister. Trump has willfully disobeyed a legal court order,” he wrote in the opinion.
Trump later paid the fine, but appealed the contempt of court ruling.
New York state filed a $250 million lawsuit against Trump, his company and three of his adult children in September, accusing them of ongoing, systemic fraud involving decades of financial statements.
The New York civil fraud investigation hinges on whether the Trump Organization deliberately misrepresented the valuations of its real estate holdings on official documents for illicit gains, according to USA Today.
In addition to financial damages, the Attorney General’s office seeks to bar Trump and his three adult children: Donald Trump, Jr., Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump from serving as executives of a company in New York and to prevent named Trump companies from in the suit back to do business in New York.
A Trump spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.