{"id":173049,"date":"2025-08-22T09:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=173049"},"modified":"2025-08-21T20:32:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T00:32:47","slug":"president-trumps-financial-penalty-from-letitia-james-civil-case-thrown-out-by-ny-appeals-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=173049","title":{"rendered":"President Trump&#8217;s financial penalty, from Letitia James civil case, thrown out by NY appeals court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Spoon-fed-spoonfed-propaganda-Letitia-James-hook-line-sinker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-168565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Spoon-fed-spoonfed-propaganda-Letitia-James-hook-line-sinker-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Spoon-fed-spoonfed-propaganda-Letitia-James-hook-line-sinker-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Spoon-fed-spoonfed-propaganda-Letitia-James-hook-line-sinker-336x333.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Spoon-fed-spoonfed-propaganda-Letitia-James-hook-line-sinker-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Spoon-fed-spoonfed-propaganda-Letitia-James-hook-line-sinker.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you guys remembered, Letitia James brought up a civil case against Donald Trump. After getting a conviction in the hands of Arthur Engoron, Trump was fined $364 million. This number rose to $500 million due to interests. The New York Appellate Division upheld the findings by the lower court but disagreed with the penalty amount that Trump had to pay. They deemed the amount of the fine in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Letitia James plans to appeal this latest ruling.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>From Fox News:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The ruling leaves liability intact but eliminates the massive financial penalty of $364 million plus interest, which rises to around $500 million.<\/p>\n<p>Trump took to Truth Social to declare a &#8220;total victory&#8221; and rail against James and the original trial judge, Arthur Engoron. James claimed a win too, noting the appeals court upheld the findings of fraud and restrictions on Trump&#8217;s business and she pledged to appeal the penalty decision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;TOTAL VICTORY in the FAKE New York State Attorney General Letitia James Case!&#8221; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I greatly respect the fact that the Court had the Courage to throw out this unlawful and disgraceful Decision that was hurting Business all throughout New York State. Others were afraid to do business there. The amount, including Interest and Penalties, was over $550 Million Dollars. It was a Political Witch Hunt, in a business sense, the likes of which no one has ever seen before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also blasted the case as election interference, saying it was tried during his 2024 presidential campaign, while praising Justice David Friedman, who issued a partial dissent.<\/p>\n<p>Friedman wrote that James&#8217; true aim was political and argued the entire case should be dismissed. He said her &#8220;ultimate goal was not market hygiene &#8230; but political hygiene, ending with the derailment of President Trump&#8217;s political career and the destruction of his real estate business.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dorgan, M., &amp; Paronich, M. (2025, August 21). NY appeals court throws out $500M penalty against Trump in Letitia James civil case. <em>Fox News<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ny-appeals-court-throws-out-500m-penalty-against-trump-letitia-james-civil-case\">Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you guys remembered, Letitia James brought up a civil case against Donald Trump. 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