Letitia James Made Big Error in Trump Fraud Case, Retired Judge Tells MSNBC: ‘You Just Don’t Do That’

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Aug 21st, 2025, 4:08 pm

Retired New York City Judge George Grasso had some harsh words for NY attorney general Letitia James following news that Donald Trump no longer had to pay a $500 million penalty for his 2024 civil fraud convictions.

On Thursday, an appeals court threw out the “excessive” fine imposed by Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron , but maintained the judgment that the Trump Organization did, in fact, engage in business fraud.

Trump spun the ruling on Truth Social by claiming “TOTAL VICTORY” and repeating his claims of “a Political Witch Hunt, in a business sense, the likes of which no one has ever seen before.”

Grasso told

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