News briefs Trump fails to halt contempt-of-court fine during appeal Tribune News Service · May 4, 2022
Trump fails to halt contempt-of-court fine during appeal A New York appeals court denied former President Donald Trump’s request to suspend his $10,000-a-day fine for contempt of court while he challenges a judge’s ruling that he failed to respond to a subpoena. Tribune News Service · May 3, 2022
Trump says contempt judge ‘unfair,’ seeks halt to $10,000 daily fine NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump asked an appeals court to suspend his $10,000-a-day fine for contempt of court, saying in an interview that the judge in the case is “unfair.” Tribune News Service · May 3, 2022
Trump appeal: $10,000 fine in record search 'unconscionable' In a court appeal, lawyers for Donald Trump say it is “unconscionable and indefensible” for the ex-president to be held in contempt and fined $10,000 a day for failing to turn over documents he doesn't possess The Independent UK · May 2, 2022
Skeptical Manhattan judge wants to know if Trump is hiding documents NEW YORK — What did he post and when did he post it? Tribune News Service · Apr 29, 2022
Trump swears he’s turned over all records in NY asset probe NEW YORK — A judge rejected Donald Trump’s assurance that he has no other records to hand over to New York’s attorney general, meaning the former president is still in contempt of court and accruing a fine of $10,000 a day. Tribune News Service · Apr 29, 2022
Trump, fighting contempt fines, says he doesn't have records Donald Trump’s lawyers have provided a New York judge with an affidavit in which the former president claims he didn’t turn over subpoenaed documents to the state attorney general’s office because he doesn’t have them The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2022
Trump appeals contempt ruling, $10,000-a-day fine Donald Trump’s lawyer says NY attorney general failed to show ex-US president’s conduct was calculated to impede probe. Al Jazeera · Apr 27, 2022
Trump appeals New York contempt ruling, $10K per day fine Former President Donald Trump has appealed a New York judge’s decision to hold him in contempt of court and fine him $10,000 per day for failing to adequately respond to a subpoena issued in the state attorney general’s civil investigation into his business dealings The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022
Donald Trump hit with $10,000 daily fines, held in contempt in New York probe NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge held former President Donald Trump in civil contempt Monday, slapping him with daily $10,000 fines for “repeated delays and failures” to comply with New York Attorney General Letitia James’ fraud investigation. Tribune News Service · Apr 26, 2022
US judge holds Donald Trump in contempt in New York fraud probe A New York judge found former President Donald Trump in contempt of court and set in motion $10,000 daily fines Monday for failing to adequately respond to a subpoena issued by the state’s attorney general as part of a civil investigation into his business dealings. France 24 · Apr 25, 2022
Donald Trump held in contempt in New York attorney general’s investigation New York judge holds former president in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena for documents The Guardian - US · Apr 25, 2022
Donald Trump hit with $10,000 daily fines, held in contempt in New York probe NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge held former President Donald Trump in civil contempt on Monday, slapping him with $10,000 fines a day for “repeated delays and failures” to comply with New York Attorney General Letitia James’ fraud investigation. Tribune News Service · Apr 25, 2022
Trump sues Hillary Clinton, alleging ‘plot’ to rig 2016 election against him Clinton, James Comey and others accused of orchestrating Russia conspiracy that makes Watergate ‘pale in comparison’ The Guardian - US · Mar 24, 2022
Salon · Feb 18, 2022 Trump lawyers push Hillary conspiracy Trump's lawyers have also claimed he's in a "protected class" and demand "immunity" from prosecution
Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2022 Trumps say New York AG’s role in DA probe should kill subpoenas NEW YORK — Donald Trump and two of his children urged a judge to reject subpoenas for their testimony in New York’s civil probe of the former president’s company, arguing it overlaps too much with a parallel criminal investigation by the Manhattan district attorney.
Axios · Jan 21, 2022 Trump’s friends worry legal pick for N.Y. case lacks experience Lawyer Alina Habba frequents Trump’s Bedminster, N.J., country club, which is how they got to know one another, one source told Axios.