New York Court of Appeals gives Trump 10 days to pay the fine after it is reduced

The New York Court of Appeals reduced the fine imposed on former US President Donald Trump from half a billion dollars to 175 million dollars, and gave him ten days to pay the amount.

Trump wrote on the Truth Social website that he "will abide by the decision of the Court of Appeals and will pay the fine."

Trump and his two sons were previously convicted of inflating the Trump Organization's net worth over a decade by an estimated amount of between $812 million and $2.2 billion to obtain favorable loan terms, prompting Judge Arthur Engoron in February to issue a decision to pay him a fine of $454 million.

In reaction to the decision, Trump told the American judiciary that he was forced to “sell his children,” assets dear to him, so that he would not be able to destroy the thief, Joe Biden, by fining him and paying a bail of about half a billion dollars to appeal the court’s decision in New York.

Trump's defense fails to secure bail amount to appeal in court

Trump's defense previously admitted that it was unable to secure $464 million as bail to appeal the court's decision in New York in a case of falsifying accounting records.