Ex-president Donald Trump has finally ponied up the $110,000 he owned on a contempt fine for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents in a New York civil investigation of his business practices. But heโs not off the hook on the contempt rap just yet. Trump was found in contempt of the subpoena from New York Attorney General Letitia James in April and ordered to pay $10,000 per day until he turned over the requested documents or had his attorneys prepare paperwork that officially attested that he didnโt have what Jamesโ office was looking for.
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Today, Jamesโ office said Trump has paid up, but still hasnโt complied with the remaining requirements of the judgeโs order, which could leave him in jeopardy of more fines, CNBC reported.
But as of 12:15 p.m. ET on Friday, the former presidentโs lawyers had not completed a third condition: submitting new affidavits that give more detail about their search for documents sought by the investigators, the spokesperson said.
The $10,000 daily fine against Trump was imposed on April 25. It was halted after Trumpโs lawyers on May 6 provided Engoron with 66 pages of documents detailing their efforts to locate the records requested by Jamesโ office.
Trump, of course, is facing legal woes seemingly from every end. Fulton County, Ga., prosecutor Fani Willis is still conducting a criminal probe into whether Trump broke the law in a recorded phone call from January 2021 in which he asked the Georgia secretary of state to โfindโ him enough votes to overturn the results of the stateโs presidential election. On Capitol Hill, Rep. Bennie Thompsonโs House committee is investigating the Jan. 6 riots and whether Trump or anyone in his circle violated the law leading up to the violence. In addition to Jamesโ investigation, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is conducting a parallel criminal investigation into whether Trump broke any laws by misrepresenting financial documents in his businesses.
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