Appeals court throws out massive civil fraud penalty against President Trump
- Posted on August 21, 2025
- By Los Angeles Times
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Appeals court throws out massive civil fraud penalty against President Trump

The decision came seven months after the Republican returned to the White House. A panel of five judges in New York’s mid-level Appellate Division said the verdict, which stood to cost Trump more than $515 million and rock his real estate empire, was “excessive.”