Judge rules Donald Trump must pay $354M in New York civil fraud trial | LIVE

NEW YORK -- A justice has delivered a ruling Friday successful Donald Trump's New York civilian fraud trial.

Trump could beryllium deed with millions of dollars successful penalties and different sanctions successful the determination by Judge Arthur Engoron, who has already ruled that the erstwhile president inflated his wealthiness connected fiscal statements that were fixed to banks, insurers and others to marque deals and unafraid loans.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking $370 cardinal and a prohibition connected Trump and different defendants from doing concern successful the state. A punishment similar that could perchance coiled the existent property empire that helped Trump trade his representation arsenic a savvy billionaire businessman and vaulted him to fame and the White House.

Engoron is acceptable to regularisation aft 2 months of grounds from 40 witnesses, including Trump. Closing arguments were held Jan. 11. The justice is deciding the lawsuit due to the fact that juries are not allowed successful this benignant of suit and neither James' bureau nor Trump's lawyers asked for one.

Engoron is expected to merchandise his determination Friday, barring unforeseen circumstances that would necessitate a delay, tribunal officials said.

It has already been a large week successful tribunal for Trump. On Thursday, a antithetic New York justice ruled that Trump volition basal proceedings March 25 connected charges that helium falsified his company's records arsenic portion of an effort to bargain the soundlessness of radical with perchance embarrassing stories astir alleged infidelity. Trump says helium is innocent.

If the docket holds, it volition beryllium the archetypal of his 4 transgression cases to spell to trial.

Also Thursday, a justice successful Atlanta heard arguments connected whether to region Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from Trump's Georgia predetermination interference case due to the fact that she had a idiosyncratic narration with a peculiar authoritative she hired.

James' bureau has estimated that Trump exaggerated his wealthiness by arsenic overmuch arsenic $3.6 billion. State lawyers contend Trump utilized the inflated numbers to get little security premiums and favorable indebtedness terms, redeeming astatine slightest $168 cardinal connected involvement alone.

Trump has denied wrongdoing and his lawyers person said they'll entreaty if Engoron rules against him.

The Republican statesmanlike front-runner testified Nov. 6 that his fiscal statements really understated his nett worthy and that banks did their ain probe and were blessed with his business. During closing arguments successful January, helium decried the lawsuit arsenic a "fraud connected me."

Engoron is deciding six claims successful James' lawsuit, including allegations of conspiracy, falsifying concern records and security fraud.

Before the trial, Engoron ruled connected James' apical claim, uncovering that Trump's fiscal statements were fraudulent. As punishment, the justice ordered immoderate of his companies removed from his power and dissolved. An appeals tribunal has enactment that connected hold.

Because it is civil, not transgression successful nature, determination is nary anticipation of situation time.