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Trump half-billion dollar civil penalty thrown out by appeals court
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Posted on 08/21/2025 8:08:08 AM PDT by GreaterSwiss

A New York state appeals court voided a more than $500 million civil fraud penalty imposed on President Donald Trump. The appeals court said “injunctive relief” ordered by the trial judge in the case was “well crafted to curb defendants’ business culture” at the Trump Organization. But the order that “directs that defendants pay nearly half a billion dollars to the State of New York, is an excessive fine that violates the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution,” the appeals court said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: constitution; eighthamendment; harassment; injunctiverelief; lawfare; letitiajames; newyork; newyorkcity; persecution; tishjames; trump

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1 posted on 08/21/2025 8:08:08 AM PDT by GreaterSwiss
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To: GreaterSwiss

Winning


2 posted on 08/21/2025 8:08:58 AM PDT by Tuxedo (This space for rent)
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To: GreaterSwiss

Finally—that leftist plot has unraveled.


3 posted on 08/21/2025 8:09:07 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: Tuxedo

Winning big !!!


4 posted on 08/21/2025 8:09:47 AM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Take that Tish!!!


5 posted on 08/21/2025 8:10:11 AM PDT by Tuxedo (This space for rent)
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To: GreaterSwiss

BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


6 posted on 08/21/2025 8:11:18 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: GreaterSwiss

Sadly not on the merits, but rather that the penalty was excessive.


7 posted on 08/21/2025 8:11:42 AM PDT by Vesuvian
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“Injunctive relief!”
Sounds like a selling point for Tums.


8 posted on 08/21/2025 8:11:49 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: GreaterSwiss

WONDERFUL!


9 posted on 08/21/2025 8:11:59 AM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: GreaterSwiss

LOL, Let’s see if Tish can put together another circus now that Trump is back in power -highly doubtful.

Trump won, as he should have. Tish lost, as she should have.


10 posted on 08/21/2025 8:12:04 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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“””Take that Tish!!!”””””

I don’t think Tish is having a good week. The guy she tried to destroy became President. OOPS!!!!


11 posted on 08/21/2025 8:12:30 AM PDT by shelterguy
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Tish SHOULD have her TUSH in PRISON!


12 posted on 08/21/2025 8:14:02 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: GreaterSwiss
"But the order that “directs that defendants pay nearly half a billion dollars to the State of New York, is an excessive fine that violates the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution,”"

Leftists don't have a problem with that, as long as the violation of rights is directed at the "correct" people.

13 posted on 08/21/2025 8:14:58 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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Agreed. Unfortunately this means when a similar case is put against Letitia James for mortgage fraud, the punishment will have to be small.

I would have rather the case be dropped out on the merits (Trump didn't lie about his real estate values) so that Letitia James can be hit with a hard legal hammer.

14 posted on 08/21/2025 8:16:00 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: GreaterSwiss

I’m glad this was finally put to bed. This was a ridiculous “penalty”, totally bogus.


15 posted on 08/21/2025 8:16:35 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: Tell It Right
Unfortunately this means when a similar case is put against Letitia James for mortgage fraud, the punishment will have to be small.

Trump's was a civil violation, Tish is criminal violation.

16 posted on 08/21/2025 8:16:55 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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“Sadly not on the merits, but rather that the penalty was excessive.”

Yes, the court said it was a well-crafted...

It was definitely NOT well-crafted, but this is a liberal court that did not want to spatter the nonsense too much.


17 posted on 08/21/2025 8:17:57 AM PDT by odawg
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Nah, make it excessive and let her go through the appeals process with all of her money being held up. I think it’s wrong but if they don’t have to go through the same form of “justice” they’ll never learn.


18 posted on 08/21/2025 8:18:08 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: Tell It Right

“””I would have rather the case be dropped out on the merits (Trump didn’t lie about his real estate values) so that Letitia James can be hit with a hard legal hammer. “””””

Trump can now appeal the rest of it. Tish is sad. She thought taking Trump out would get her a job as Attorney General for Biden or Harris. Swing and a miss.


19 posted on 08/21/2025 8:19:17 AM PDT by shelterguy
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I don’t think Tish is having a good week. The guy she tried to destroy became President. OOPS!!!!

She's certainly on a losing street.

Trump gets elected president. Tish gets investigated. Trump civil penalty gets thrown out.

Was it worth it, Tish?

20 posted on 08/21/2025 8:19:20 AM PDT by FreeReign
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