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New York AG Letitia James appeals ruling that wiped colossal Trump penalty in civil fraud case

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05.09.2025

New York Attorney General Letitia James has appealed a court's ruling that threw out a colossal penalty imposed upon President Trump and his business empire but kept her sprawling civil fraud case against him intact.

Her office on Thursday filed a notice of appeal with New York’s highest court, signaling its intention to challenge a midlevel appeals court’s decision that wiped away the roughly $500 million penalty but otherwise affirmed the trial court.

Judges on the state Appellate Division’s First Department issued a

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