REPORT: NY AG Letitia James to appeal ruling tossing Trump’s $454M civil fraud penalty

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From Just The News: New York Attorney General Letitia James will appeal a ruling that tossed out the half-billion-dollar penalty against President Donald Trump as part of the guilty verdict in his civil fraud case.

In a filing to the Court of Appeals, James signaled that her office will ask the panel of judges to overrule the lower court’s decision and reinstate the penalty while upholding the finding that Trump, his eldest sons and his business were liable for a decade’s worth of business fraud.

The notice filed by James’s office late Thursday doesn’t outline arguments as to why the lower court’s decision should be reversed, which will be detailed in future court filings.

Last month, the First Judicial Department of the New York State Appellate Division issued a ruling keeping in place non-monetary penalties imposed by a lower court on now-President Trump and his company, but said the more than half-billion-dollar fine imposed as part of the guilty verdict is “excessive” and violates the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

The report quotes a spokesperson for Trump as saying, “”Tish James should focus on her own problems and stop wasting New York State taxpayers’ hard earned dollars on her failed Witch Hunt against President Trump, his family, and the magnificent business that he built.”

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Meanwhile, the DOJ is investigating James for mortgage fraud…

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