New York Judge Arthur Engoron, who oversees the fraud cases for which a fine of $355 million has been imposed on Donald Trump, has refused to delay the publication of the final ruling for one month and, with it, the payment of the fine. sanction.
The defense of the former president of the United States had asked the aforementioned judge on February 21 to delay that multimillion-dollar payment, which the Republican must pay for his role in several cases of fraud in his family business.
The former president’s lawyers asked Engoron, who handed down the sentence against Trump last week, to postpone for 30 days the application of the verdict, which already gave the Republican a month to pay the fine.
The judge has rejected this request and has communicated this to Trump’s lawyers and the attorney general of New York in an email sent yesterday, according to local media reported this Friday.
Once the ruling is officially issued, the 30-day period for Trump to file an appeal will begin to run, although in the meantime he will have to pay a bond to cover the payment of part of the fine.
In the email, Engoron rejected Trump’s request to delay the payment for an additional thirty days, writing: “He has not explained, much less justified, any basis for a suspension,” CNN notes.
New York Attorney General Letitia James, who filed the civil lawsuit against the Republican, his two eldest children and two former executives of the Trump Organization for inflating asset figures to obtain advantages with insurers and banks, has threatened to confiscate their assets. assets if the former president does not pay the money.
In addition to the fine, the former president will not be able to operate any business in New York for the next three years.
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