Former President Donald Trump will be fined thousands of dollars beginning Tuesday for failing to comply with a subpoena from the New York attorney general, a state judge ruled
In a three-page written order, Judge Arthur Engoron formalized the reasoning behind his decision made Monday in open court when he held Trump in contempt and said he would fine him $10,000 per day. In the written order Tuesday, the judge wrote that Trump"willfully disobeyed" his prior order to comply with the subpoena for documents."Thus, Donald J.
Trump's attorney has said she may appeal the ruling.The attorney general's office asked the judge to hold Trump in contempt for failing to comply with the December subpoena. Trump's attorney, Alina Habba, said that they had searched and found no documents to provide investigators other than the 10 previously turned over by the Trump Organization.
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