Overview
- Trump’s lawyers filed a 119-page appeal to the New York Court of Appeals on Wednesday seeking to throw out the fraud findings and lift the business limits that followed.
- An appellate panel last year erased roughly $460–$500 million in financial penalties but kept the fraud ruling and three-year bans on serving as New York business officers and on seeking loans from banks with New York branches.
- The filing argues the case is politically driven, says the attorney general exceeded her authority under Executive Law §63(12), and notes no lender or insurer claimed they were harmed.
- Trump’s team challenges the trial’s intent-to-defraud findings by attacking Michael Cohen’s credibility, citing his recent post saying he felt compelled to align his testimony, which he says he now stands by.
- The attorney general is expected to respond by June 23 and will seek to restore the large monetary penalty, as the Court of Appeals decides whether to take up the case.