World enews: Trump ordered to pay $110k in fines as judge lifts contempt order against him over financial documents

Donald Trump has been ordered to pay $110,000 in fines as a judge lifted the contempt order against him put in place following a dispute concerning financial documents from the Trump Organisation.

New York Judge Arthur Engoron lifted the order assuming that a number of requirements would be fulfilled.

He said the former president had to produce sworn statements outlining the document retention and destruction policy at the Trump Organisation, such as how post-it notes were used, as well as finishing a review of the last five out of the 17 boxes connected to Mr Trump found in a storage facility off the organisation’s premises.

The judge said all the conditions would have to be met before 20 May.

“I want the fine paid. That fine is now $110,000,” the judge told Mr Trump’s lawyer, adding that if Mr Trump doesn’t comply, the contempt finding will be reinstated and could be applied retroactively.

The judge halted the fine accumulation on Friday when Mr Trump’s lawyers submitted further sworn statements concerning his attempts to comply with the subpoena from the New York attorney general’s office for records.

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