President Donald Trump won’t have to pay the half-billion-dollar fine levied following his 2024 fraud case, after a New York appellate court found the fine to be “excessive.”

Though the fraud conviction was upheld by the court of five New York judges, the $527 million fine imposed on Trump by Judge Arthur Engoron was ruled to be out of proportion with the judgment. The ruling is expected to be appealed to the state’s highest court.

“While harm certainly occurred, it was not the cataclysmic harm that can justify a nearly half-billion-dollar award to the state,” wrote Judge Peter Moulton, as part of the 323-page ruling on Thursday.

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The president celebrated the ruling in a lengthy rant on Truth Social.

“TOTAL VICTORY in the FAKE New York State Attorney General Letitia James Case,

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