Fine Donald Trump US$10,000 a day for not turning over files, New York attorney general says
- Letitia James is asking a judge to hold the ex-US president in contempt for not complying with a court order to produce documents in a fraud probe
- Meanwhile, Manhattan’s district attorney says a separate criminal investigation is ongoing despite the resignation of two prosecutors on the case.
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday asked a judge to hold former US president Donald Trump in contempt for failing to turn over documents related to her investigation of possible fraud in his family’s business dealings.
She is seeking imposition of a fine of US$10,000 a day for each day Trump fails to produce the files in question.
Since 2019, James has pursued a civil probe into the former president and the Trump Organisation, and has sought to question the 75-year-old for months.
In February, a judge ordered Trump and his children Don Jnr and Ivanka to submit to questioning under oath. So far, that order is under appeal.
But Trump was also ordered to turn over a series of Trump Organisation accounting and tax documents, which he has so far failed to do despite his lawyers saying he would.