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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Thursday February 22nd, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today a closer look at the expected Trump appeal in the real estate fraud decision

against him. Plus House Republicans continue their impeachment investigation

into President

Joe Biden, and the Supreme Court hears from states

in a fight over pollution rules.

Former President Donald Trump is expected to appeal the $453.5 million real estate fraud judgment against him.

And legal experts anticipate that his strategy will center around highlighting the lack of traditional

victims in the case.

I spoke with USA Today, Justice Department correspondent,

Bart Johnson for more.

Bart, thanks for hopping on the excerpt today.

Thanks for having me.

So Bart, Trump is expected to highlight a lack of traditional victims in this case to reduce or

eliminate damages. What exactly would his argument be here? Well throughout the trial, has been saying hey there were no victims

no matter what you think about how much he valued his property the values

fluctuated the government proved to the judge that he dramatically overvalued several pieces of real estate.

He tripled the size of literally the measurements of his penthouse.

So he was found to have committed fraud over a number of years,

but what Trump is saying is that even if there was a dispute about the values of

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