President Donald Trump is appealing a divided New York court decision that upheld fraud findings against him but erased a half-billion-dollar penalty, setting up another showdown in the state’s highest court, The Hill reported.

Trump’s attorneys filed a notice of appeal Tuesday in New York’s Court of Appeals, challenging a midlevel ruling that left intact a civil fraud case but tossed out a financial judgment exceeding $500 million.

The case, brought in 2022 by New York Attorney General Letitia James, accused Trump, his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and another executive of inflating his net worth for tax and insurance advantages.

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