From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Trump wins again!
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:16:53 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-08-21 10:33, NoBody wrote:
>
> N.Y. Appeals Court Throws Out $500 Million Civil Fraud Penalty Against
> Trump
> The sharply divided panelâs decision paves the way for further
> proceedings before the stateâs highest court
>
> By Corinne Ramey
>
> Updated Aug. 21, 2025 12:38 pm ET
> President Trump in the Oval Office.
> President Trump Photo: Aaron Schwartz/Pool/EPA/Shutterstock
>
> An appeals court on Thursday threw out a more than $500 million
> judgment against President Trump and his business empire in a sharply
> splintered ruling that paves the way for further proceedings before
> New Yorkâs highest court.
>
> The decision from a five-judge panel is a significant legal boost for
> Trump, freeing him, for now, from a massive penalty that caused him
> financial headaches last year. It also underscores the controversial
> nature of the case from New York Attorney General Letitia James, both
> in its underlying legal issues and the political implications of an
> elected Democratic enforcer taking on the then-former Republican
> president.
>
> âWhile harm certainly occurred, it was not the cataclysmic harm that
> can justify a nearly half billion-dollar award to the State,â Justice
> Peter Moulton wrote in one of three opinions, totaling 323 pages, none
> of which commanded a majority.
>
> Trump called the decision a âTOTAL VICTORY.â
>
> âI 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,â he wrote on his social media platform
> Truth Social.
>
> The New York attorney generalâs office did not immediately return a
> request for comment.
>
> https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/ny-appeals-court-throws-out-500-million-civil-fraud-judgment-against-trump-c556d887?st=2wBotj
>
> Of course she didn't have anything to say.
>
> Laughter!
They didn't void the verdict, doofus.
I guess we know why you didn't quote this part, huh?
'In the first of three opinions, two justices agreed that the presiding
trial judge, Arthur Engoron, correctly found Trump liable for fraud.
They said that Engoron rightly imposed a variety of penalties that could
restrict the Trump Organizationâs ability to borrow money and bar his
sons from running the company. The penalties, they wrote, were âwell
crafted to curb defendantsâ business culture.â'