“a continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt of all time.”

Judge rejects Trump bid to remove $10K daily fine in N.Y. attorney general probe  Dareh Gregorian - 46m ago

ANew York state judge on Friday denied former President Donald Trump’s bid to lift a $10,000-a-day fine against him for failing to turn over documents subpoenaed by the state Attorney General Letitia James in a civil probe into the Trump Organization’s business practices.

In a two-paragraph affidavit, Trump had argued he did not have the requested documents and should not have to pay the fine.

o“To the best of my knowledge, I do not have any of the documents requested in the subpoena dated December 1, 2021 in my personal possession,” and that they were likely in the possession of the Trump Organization.

Justice Arthur Engoron rejected that argument, saying the former president’s affidavit was “devoid of any useful detail.”

"Notably, it fails to state where he kept his files, how his files were stored in the regular course of business, who had access to such files, what, if any, the retention policy was for such files, and, importantly, where he believes such files are currently located," the judge wrote. Trump also failed to note if he'd turned over "his personal electronic devices for imaging and searching," the judge said.

He ordered Trump to provide a detailed affidavit answering all those of questions “in order to purge his contempt.”

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