The New York Appellate Division, in a unanimous five-judge decision, threw out the $527 million civil fraud judgment against President Donald Trump and his companies, ruling the penalty was “excessive” and violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on excessive fines. The appeals …
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Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron issued a devastating 92-page ruling ordering Donald Trump to pay $354.9 million in disgorgement plus $98.6 million in prejudgment interest (totaling approximately $454 million), and barred Trump from serving as an officer or director of any New York …
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Donald Trump took the witness stand in the New York civil fraud trial threatening his business empire, delivering combative and rambling testimony that prompted Judge Arthur Engoron to repeatedly admonish him to keep his answers short and responsive. Trump used the witness stand as a platform to …
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a comprehensive 220-page civil lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court against Donald Trump, his three adult children (Donald Jr., Eric, and Ivanka), former CFO Allen Weisselberg, former controller Jeffrey McConney, and ten Trump Organization entities, …
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a motion to compel Donald Trump and his two eldest children (Ivanka and Donald Jr.) to appear for depositions and provide documents, publicly revealing for the first time that her three-year investigation had “uncovered significant evidence that …
New York State Supreme Court Justice Saliann Scarpulla ordered President Donald Trump to pay $2 million in damages to eight legitimate charities for systematically misusing the Trump Foundation for personal, business, and political purposes. The judgment found that Trump had “breached his …
The Donald J. Trump Foundation reached a settlement with the New York Attorney General agreeing to dissolve under court supervision and admitting to a pattern of illegal coordination with Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The stipulation filed in New York State Supreme Court required the …
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New York State Supreme Court Justice Saliann Scarpulla issued an order formally dissolving the Donald J. Trump Foundation and directing the distribution of its remaining $1.78 million in assets to eight legitimate charities under court and Attorney General supervision. The dissolution order came …
New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood filed a comprehensive lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation, Donald Trump, and his three eldest children (Donald Jr., Eric, and Ivanka) alleging “persistently illegal conduct” spanning more than a decade. The lawsuit documented a …
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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issued a cease-and-desist order requiring the Donald J. Trump Foundation to immediately stop soliciting contributions in New York State because it had been operating for nearly 30 years without proper registration. The order revealed that the Trump …
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