BBC News:
Former President Donald Trump has lost a legal fight to overturn a $110,000 (£90,300) contempt of court fine, which he was ordered to pay to New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office.
An appeals court upheld the penalty, which was imposed after he failed to hand over files during an investigation into his business practices.
Mr Trump was fined $10,000 per day for non-compliance with a court order.
Ms James’s office is probing whether Mr Trump inflated the value of his assets.
As part of the civil inquiry, which Ms James opened in 2019, Mr Trump was ordered to turn over business documents or explain in detail how he had tried and failed to find the records. When he failed to do so last year, a judge ruled that he was in contempt of court.
The former president eventually both complied with the court order and paid the $110,000 fine – but then appealed in the hope of overturning the penalty.
A New York state appeals court ruled Tuesday that the fine “was not excessive or otherwise improper, under the particular circumstances”.
