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    Trump's legal debts top a half-billion dollars. Will he have to pay?

    by Jake Offenhartz Feb 17, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

    Donald Trump's legal debts might now exceed a half-billion dollars.

    A New York judge ordered Trump and his companies Friday to pay $355 million in fines, plus interest, after ruling that he had manipulated his net worth in financial statements.

    The stiff penalty comes just weeks after Trump was ordered to pay $83.3 million to the writer E. Jean Carroll for damaging her reputation after she accused him of sexual assault. A separate jury last year awarded Carroll $5 million from Trump for sexual abuse and defamation.

    Add interest payments on top of that and the judgments could deal a staggering blow to the personal fortune that remains core to Trump's political appeal.

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