The New York judge handling former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case has rejected a request by his lawyers to avoid paying a $355 million fine in the case.
Trump’s lawyers had asked Judge Arthur Engoron to delay the payment by 30 days to allow time for “an orderly post-judgment process.”
Judge Arthur Engoron presides over the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court in New York City on November 13, 2023. (Erin Schaff/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
In an email to the defendants posted Thursday in court records, Engoron said the defendants “failed to explain or even justify the basis for the suspension.”
“I am confident that the Appellate Division will protect your appellate rights,” he wrote.
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Last week, Trump was banned from operating a business in New York for three years and ordered to pay $355 million in damages in a civil fraud lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James against him, his family, and the Trump Organization. It was recognized that there is.
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James said Monday that he is prepared to seize former President Donald Trump’s assets if he cannot pay the huge judgment handed down in his civil fraud case.
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