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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Saturday, February 17th, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today Trump has been hit with a giant penalty in his New York real estate fraud

lawsuit. Plus we look at day two of Fani Willis hearings and a major

opposition leader in Russia has died.

Former President Donald Trump and his namesake company have been hit with a massive penalty

in a New York real estate fraud lawsuit.

I caught up with USA Today Justice

Department correspondent Bart Janssen for more on what the ruling means for

Trump's business going forward. Bart, thanks for making the ton. Thanks for having

me. So Bart, a New York judge has made a decision on damages here for Donald Trump in the real estate fraud lawsuit. What did he ultimately decide?

Well, this judge, Arthur Enggren, really brought down the hammer on Trump. He

ordered Trump and his revocable trust to pay just north of 450 million dollars in damages and interest. He found $154 million in damages from fraud from the various

properties and then added interest that started accruing from different points for the different

properties of about a hundred million more so more than a total of 450 million dollars.

He also ordered each of his two sons who were running the company,

Eric and Donald Trump Jr, to pay 4 million and the former chief financial officer

for the company, Alan Wesselberg, 1 million. It's an enormous verdict and a huge

financial setback for the former president and of course Trump has said he will appeal he's derided the case from the start.

And Bart, how exactly did we get to this point? What was Trump found to have done here?

Engarran basically ruled that Trump did we get to this point? What was Trump found to have done here?

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