Donald Trump: A five-judge panel of the Appellate Division, First Department, unanimously vacated the whole disgorgement award, by then about $464.6 million, as an excessive fine under the Eighth Amendment, while dividing on the merits: two judges voted to affirm the fraud liability findings and two to strike them. Attorney General Letitia James appealed the vacated penalty to the New York Court of Appeals on September 4, 2025.

This is one of 67 dated entries in Donald Trump's record in office on this site, filed as a ruling dated August 21, 2025. The sentence above is the entry as this site states it; anyone else's reading of it is listed below in their words.

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2025-08-21

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ruling

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A five-judge panel of the Appellate Division, First Department, unanimously vacated the whole disgorgement award, by then about $464.6 million, as an excessive fine under the Eighth Amendment, while dividing on the merits: two judges voted to affirm the fraud liability findings and two to strike them. Attorney General Letitia James appealed the vacated penalty to the New York Court of Appeals on September 4, 2025.

• Record in office on Donald Trump's page

1. https://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2025/2025_04756.htm
2. https://www.npr.org/2025/08/21/g-s1-84246/civil-fraud-penalty-president-trump-appeal
3. https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-james-releases-statement-first-department-opinion-affirming
4. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/04/trump-new-york-appeal-james-fraud.html