Trump pays $110,000 for failing to comply with subpoena in civil probe
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[May 21, 2022] NEW
YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump has paid a $110,000
fine for his failure to respond to a subpoena in a civil investigation
into his business practices, a spokesperson for the New York attorney
general said on Friday.
The payment of the fine was one of three steps Trump needed to take for
a judge to lift a contempt of court order issued last month for his lack
of cooperation with Letitia James' probe into whether the Trump
Organization gave banks and tax authorities misleading financial
information.
The judge, Arthur Engoron, held Trump in contempt and fined him $10,000
per day starting last month after finding it was not clear Trump had
conducted a complete search for additional documents James had
requested.
Engoron conditionally lifted the contempt order and the fine stopped
accruing last week after Trump submitted details of his search for
records. But Engoron said he would start fining Trump again if he did
not pay by May 20.
He also required that a third-party firm complete its review of the
Trump Organization's records for relevant documents, and that Trump
employees must submit affidavits on his practices for handling records,
by that date. As of Friday afternoon, the former condition had been met
but the latter had not, the spokesperson said.
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Trump's lawyer, Alina Habba, did not immediately
respond to a request for comment.
James has said her probe has found evidence that the company - which
manages hotels, golf courses and other real estate throughout the
world - misstated asset valuations to get benefits such as favorable
loans and tax breaks.
A Republican, Trump denies wrongdoing and has called the
investigation politically motivated. James is a Democrat.
The fine money will be held in escrow until a higher court weighs in
on Trump's appeal of the contempt order.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by
Noeleen Walder and Nick Macfie)
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