Trump seeks 30-day delay in enforcement of damages in New York civil fraud case
An attorney for Donald Trump has asked New York Judge Arthur Engoron for a 30-day delay in enforcing civil fraud penalties of more than $350 million.
An attorney for Donald Trump has asked New York Judge Arthur Engoron for a 30-day delay in enforcing the ruling Friday in the civil fraud case, which fined the former president and his company more than $350 million and temporarily barred him from doing business in the state.
"Given that the court-appointed monitor continues to be in place, there is no prejudice to the Attorney General in briefly staying enforcement to allow for an orderly post-Judgement process, particularly given the magnitude of Judgement," lawyer Clifford S. Robert wrote in a letter to Engoron on Wednesday.
Engoron had appointed an independent monitor to oversee financial disclosures and the transfer of assets.
In response to Robert, a special counsel in the New York attorney general's office, Andrew Amer, said in a letter to Engoron Thursday that the defendants don't "provide any basis for staying enforcement of the judgement." Amer said that the defendants "requested such relief in their post-trial brief, which the Court declined to grant."
In his decision released Friday, Engoron ordered Trump and the Trump Organization to pay over $354 million in damages and barred the former president from leadership positions in New York companies for three years.
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