Donald Trump was convicted of civil fraud in New York in February 2024. He was ordered to pay over $450 million dollars (penalties were added). Obviously, he appealed, and today the Appeals Court threw out the judgment .

All five judges agreed the penalty was excessive. Two of the judges felt he was correctly held liable for business fraud, two felt the court was wrong for finding he committed fraud and thought the case should be retried, while the fifth judge felt he should never have been tried in the first place. Talk about a super split decision.

The opinion said: "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 trial record is also replete with evidenc

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