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Appeals court signals it might be open to altering Donald Trump's $489 million civil fraud penalty

Appeals court signals it might be open to altering Donald Trump's $489 million civil fraud penalty

NEW YORK (AP) -- Some judges in a New York appeals court appeared receptive Thursday to possibly reversing or reducing a civil fraud judgment that stands to cost Donald Trump nearly $500 million. One judge called the former president's penalty "troubling" and wondered if the state's policing of private business transactions was "deterrence" or "mission creep."

Appeals court seems open to altering Trump's 'troubling' civil fraud penalty

Appeals court seems open to altering Trump's 'troubling' civil fraud penalty

NEW YORK (AP) -- Some judges in a New York appeals court appeared receptive Thursday to possibly reversing or reducing a civil fraud judgment that stands to cost Donald Trump nearly $500 million. One judge called the former president's penalty "troubling" and wondered if the state's policing of private business transactions amounted to "deterrence" or "mission creep."