Trump Is Trying to Get His $450M Civil Fraud Judgment Overturned
Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday filed an appeal against his $450 million New York civil fraud judgment.
The filing argues that Manhattan Judge Arthur Engoron made serious errors when finding in February that the former president, his company, and leading executives—including sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump—for years lied to banks and insurers about Trump’s finances to get better deals on loans.
In their appeal against the “egregious” ruling, Trump’s lawyers argued the lawsuit brought by New York state Attorney General Letitia James included some allegations that shouldn’t have been brought due to the statute of limitations. They also said there were “no victims and no losses” as a result of the alleged fraud and that the judgment awarded by Engoron was disproportionate.