Judge Arthur Engoron, who declared the former president in contempt on April 25 for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena issued by New York's attorney general, said he has now met conditions required to lift the sanction following a protracted legal battle.
Trump last month paid $110,000 in fines he racked up as a result of the contempt finding. The money, paid directly to Attorney General Letitia James' office, will continue to be held in an escrow account while Trump appeals the original contempt finding, Engoron said Wednesday.
Engoron originally agreed May 11 to lift Trump's contempt order if he paid the fines and met certain other conditions, including the submission of affidavits describing his search efforts and his company's document retention policies. Engoron stopped the fine from accruing May 6, when Trump's lawyers submitted 66 pages of court documents detailing the efforts by him and his lawyers to locate the subpoenaed records. He previously warned that he could reinstate it, retroactive to May 7, if his conditions weren't met.
Trump, a Republican, has denied the allegations. He has called James' investigation"racist" and a politically motivated"witch hunt." James is Black. Trump's lawyers have accused her of selective prosecution.
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