Donald Trump and his top lieutenants on Monday appealed every part of a New York judge’s $464 million bank fraud judgment—a sign that the real estate tycoon has secured nearly half a billion dollars to prolong the legal fight.
Lawyers for the Trump family and their associates have asked New York’s First Judicial Department to review whether a state judge “committed errors of law and/or fact, abused its discretion, and/or acted in excess of its jurisdiction” by decimating the former president’s vast wealth and yanking the Trump Organization from their control.
An 11-week trial in Lower Manhattan ended when New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur F. Engoron issued his searing, 92-page order on Feb. 16, ripping into the Trumps for lying to banks about real estate assets. The order held the former president personally responsible for the long-running fraud and presented the billionaire with the worst personal financial crisis of his life—just as he balances four upcoming criminal trials and an ongoing 2024 presidential campaign.
