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FBaggins

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17. The court didn't really uphold his guilt

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #9)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 12:17 PM

Aug 2025

Two of the five effectively did. One would have tossed the case entirely and the remaining two would have sent it back to the lower court to start over if the defendant wasn't POTUS.

So the effect is to entirely toss the financial penalty and leave the non-financial penalty on hold unless/untill a higher court takes it up.

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New York appeals court has thrown out Trump's civil penalties for fraud [View all] orangecrush Aug 2025 OP

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probably returns to the lower court, to be 'corrected' stopdiggin Aug 2025 #13

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Thanks for clarifying, FB C_U_L8R Aug 2025 #22

The adjudication remains. Tommy Carcetti Aug 2025 #10

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This is ForgedCrank Aug 2025 #15

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I'm curious as to whether anyone posting in this thread has read the opinions? onenote Aug 2025 #20

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This message was self-deleted by its author onenote Aug 2025 #29

Presumably she was commenting as the attorney who represented Trump in the trial back in 2023-24 onenote Aug 2025 #30

Okay. underpants Aug 2025 #31

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