People v Trump, 2025 NY Slip Op 04756

Reporting cited here

1. documented

   After a bench trial, the court entered civil liability findings and ordered $354,868,768 in principal disgorgement against Trump, plus interest.

   Disposition and opinions addressing liability and disgorgement

   Fraud Liability Upheld, Monetary Penalty Vacated — The record · The record

2. documented

   Trump was a named defendant and the controlling individual addressed throughout both decisions.

   Disposition and opinions addressing liability and disgorgement

   Fraud Liability Upheld, Monetary Penalty Vacated — The record · The record

3. found liable

   The Appellate Division held that the trial record supported Donald Trump Jr.'s civil-fraud liability and direct involvement, while vacating the disgorgement awards in their entirety and otherwise affirming the judgment.

   Appeals court sustains Donald Trump Jr.'s civil-fraud liability · Liability affirmed; disgorgement awards vacated

4. found liable

   The Appellate Division held that the trial record supported Eric Trump's civil-fraud liability and direct involvement, while vacating the disgorgement awards in their entirety and otherwise affirming the judgment.

   Appeals court sustains Eric Trump's civil-fraud liability · Liability affirmed; disgorgement awards vacated

5. documented

   Civil liability and much nonmonetary relief survived the intermediate appeal. The monetary penalty was vacated and is not currently owed, and the state's highest court has not decided the pending cross-appeal.

   Disposition and opinions addressing liability and disgorgement

   Fraud Liability Upheld, Monetary Penalty Vacated — Audit finding · Cited analysis

6. documented

   The Appellate Division affirmed the fraud liability and much nonmonetary relief but vacated disgorgement as an excessive fine.

   Disposition and opinions addressing liability and disgorgement

   Fraud Liability Upheld, Monetary Penalty Vacated — Outcome · Outcome

7. reversed

   The Appellate Division vacated the $464,576,230.62 disgorgement component of the judgment as an excessive fine under the Eighth Amendment.

   Remedy analysis and decretal

   Fraud liability survived appeal; the half-billion-dollar remedy did not · Liability and injunctive relief affirmed; disgorgement vacated; further appeal pending

8. found liable

   The Appellate Division affirmed the civil-fraud judgment's liability and injunctive relief, concluding that the record supported findings that Trump and other individual defendants violated Executive Law section 63(12) through underlying New York Penal Law violations.

   Majority opinion and decretal

   Fraud liability survived appeal; the half-billion-dollar remedy did not · Liability and injunctive relief affirmed; disgorgement vacated; further appeal pending