Appeals Court Tosses Nearly $500M Civil Fraud Judgement Against Trump and His Family Business

An appeals court on Thursday tossed a roughly $500 million civil fraud judgment against President Donald Trump and his family business, marking a significant victory for the president in a case that he repeatedly derided as a political stunt by state Attorney General Tish James.

The court, however, declined to overturn the fraud case against Trump, leaving open the possibility that he will seek to appeal the decision to New York’s highest court. And the three separate opinions issued Thursday by the appeals court revealed disagreement within the five-judge panel that one judge described as “profound.”

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