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Trump Appeals for Halt of Daily $10,000 Contempt of Court Fine

Posted: Tue May 03, 2022 9:35 am
by claireokc
Former President Donald Trump has asked an appeals court to suspend his $10,000-a-day fine for contempt of court after New York judge Arthur Engoron last week denied a request to reverse it. Engoron ruled in April that Trump violated a court order by missing a March 31 deadline to hand over documents in response to a subpoena served on him by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) as part of an ongoing investigation into the business practices of his family company, the Trump Organization. Engoron kept in place the fine on April 29 despite a request from Trump’s lawyers, stating it was due to his failure to comply with the subpoena issued by the state attorney general, Letitia James. ...

Source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-app ... 42128.html