President Trump has appealed a New York court’s ruling that kept the sprawling civil fraud case against him intact, despite tossing out the roughly $500 million penalty imposed upon him and his business empire.

His lawyers on Tuesday filed a notice of appeal with New York’s highest court, signaling their intention to challenge as much of a mid-level appeals court’s decision that affirms the judgment of the trial court.

Judges on the state Appellate Division's First Department issued a deeply divided decision upholding the lower court’s finding that Trump, his eldest sons and another executive conspired to alter his net worth for tax and insurance benefits.

They erased the "excessive” financial penalty Judge Arthur Engoron, the trial judge, imposed against the president and his business

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