Trump Pays $110K Fine But Must Still Submit Paperwork to End Contempt

Donald Trump has paid $110,000 in fines he received after being held in contempt of court for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena issued by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Trump paid the fine on Thursday, but still has to file additional paperwork to get the contempt order lifted, the AG’s office said Friday.

Judge Arthur Engoron agreed on May 11 to lift the contempt order if, on Friday, Trump pays the fine and files an affidavit detailing efforts to find the subpoenaed records and release them. like your and your company’s document retention policies. Engoron also asked a company hired by Trump to assist with the search, HaystackID, to complete a walk through 17 boxes kept in external storage and for that company to report its findings and forward any any relevant documents. James’s office said that process was completed on Thursday.

New: Trump pays $110,000 in fine after being held in contempt by a New York judge in a civil financial fraud investigation.

– Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) May 20, 2022

Engoron ordered Trump to pay AG James’ office directly and let the attorney general keep the funds in an escrow account while Trump’s legal team appealed the judge’s original contempt finding.

If I told you 3 years ago that a pandemic would kill more than 1 million Americans, Trump would launch a violent coup after losing and SCOTUS would overturn Roe v Wade, but people still act. out of the ordinary and the GOP is in favor in the midterms, you’d say I’ve lost my mind.

– David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) May 20, 2022

AG James, who is black, says her three-year investigation has uncovered evidence that Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, misrepresented the value of properties such as skyscrapers and skyscrapers. golf course on financial statements for more than a decade. Trump has denied the allegations, calling the AG James investigation “racist” and a politically motivated “witch hunt”. Trump’s lawyers have charged her with selective prosecution. Trump is also suing AG James in federal court, seeking to close her investigation.

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Stormy Daniels should have ended it.
Admitted to taking the vagina more so.
Mocking a disabled reporter proves he’s a failure.
The DOJ even sued him for not renting to black people.

I still can’t believe that Trump, a racist, sexually assaulting quack, was elected president.

– Brian O’Sullivan (@osullivanauthor) May 20, 2022

Last week, an attorney for James’ office said Friday that evidence found in the investigation could support legal action against Trump, his company, or both. The attorney, Andrew Amer, said at a hearing in Trump’s lawsuit against AG James that “apparently a substantial amount of evidence has been obtained that could support the filing of enforcement proceedings,” although although a final decision on the submission of such an action has not been made. perform.