Judge Orders Trump to Pay $364M in Fraud Trial

Former president also barred from running company for 3 years
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Feb 16, 2024 2:23 PM CST
Judge Orders Trump to Pay $364M in Fraud Trial
Donald Trump appears during a court hearing at Manhattan criminal court Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in New York. Friday's ruling is in a different, civil case.   (Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP)

Donald Trump received what the New York Times describes as a "crushing defeat" in a New York courtroom on Friday in his fraud trial:

  • Judge Arthur Engoron ordered him to pay $364 million after finding that Trump and his business falsely inflated his wealth and real estate values to dupe investors and banks, per the AP.
  • Engoron also barred Trump from holding a top position at his company or any other in New York for three years.
  • Sons Eric (who is currently running things) and Donald Jr. also cannot run the company for two years.
  • Trump will appeal. The Times notes that most of Trump's wealth is in real estate holdings, and this ruling could wipe out his cash stockpile.

  • This comes less than a month after a jury ordered Trump to pay E. Jean Carroll another $83 million in her sexual assault and defamation civil suit.
  • And it comes a day after another judge said Trump's hush-money criminal case would go to trial in March.
(More Donald Trump stories.)

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