(NEW YORK) — A New York appeals court has thrown out the half billion-dollar civil fraud judgment handed down last year against President Donald Trump, his family and his company.

The Appellate Division’s First Department upheld last year’s ruling finding Trump, his eldest sons and his business liable for a decade’s worth of business fraud. The appellate court, however, found the penalty of $454 million to be an excessive fine at odds with the Eighth Amendment.

“The documentary evidence supports Supreme Court’s conclusion that the Attorney General made a prima facie showing that each defendant participated in the fraudulent scheme,” the opinion said. “The trial record is also replete with evidence supporting the court’s determination that the individual defendants had the requisite inten

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