Manhattan judge keeps costly contempt-fine threat dangling over Donald Trump's head in NY probe.
A Manhattan judge on Wednesday kept a costly contempt-of-court order dangling over the head of former President Donald Trump, saying it was the best way to ensure he fully complies with New York's ongoing inquiry into his hotel and golf resort business.
Wednesday's decision leaves open the possibility that a fine already totalling $110,000 could climb still higher. And it left a Trump lawyer complaining that the former president is being unfairly targeted "for who my client is."
"I just don't understand why we are still in contempt," Trump attorney Alina Habba complained during a sometimes heated virtual hearing before the judge presiding over NY Attorney General Letitia James' 3-year probe.
"In the final analysis, I just want to get this done," answered the judge, New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron.
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