The New York Attorney General gets a hit on a case seh won that had a half a Billion dollar fine against Trump (Felon) applied by a judge in response to AG’s request….
Trump ALREADY has a $125 M bond on hold….
Despite the headlines….
Trump STILL IS responsible for a judgment he’s trying to get rid of….
Trump HAS put his Justice Dept on AG James’s case with a investigation for mortage fraud….
A New York appeals court on Thursday threw out a half-billion-dollar judgment against President Trump, eliminating an enormous financial burden while declining to overturn the fraud case against him, a remarkable turn in a case that pitted the president against one of his fiercest political foes.
“While harm certainly occurred, it was not the cataclysmic harm that can justify a nearly half billion-dollar award to the state,” wrote Peter Moulton, one of the appeals judges whose lengthy and convoluted ruling reflected significant disagreement among the five-judge panel.
The president’s appeal will now most likely move to New York’s highest court, providing him another opportunity to challenge the finding that he was a fraudster.
Thursday’s ruling handed Mr. Trump a financial victory and some legal validation, and represents a major setback for the attorney general, Letitia James, who is one of the president’s foremost adversaries and a target of his retribution campaign. The case had been a career-defining victory after she campaigned for the attorney general’s office promising to bring Mr. Trump to justice….