Court Denies Trump’s Appeal to Halt Daily $10,000 Contempt of Court Fine
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 4:52 pm
Former President Donald Trump’s appeal to suspend a $10,000-a-day fine levied against him for contempt of court was denied on Tuesday by a New York appellate court. The decision by Judge Tanya Kennedy of the appellate division of the state’s trial court means that Trump will have to continue paying the daily penalty while he challenges a lower-court ruling that he failed to turn over documents to the state in response to a subpoena. New York state court Judge Arthur Engoron initially ruled in April that the Republican businessman violated a court order by missing a March 31 deadline to respond to New York Attorney General Letitia James’s subpoena demanding he turn over any records relating to the business practices of his family company, the Trump Organization. ...
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