An appeals court on Thursday tossed a roughly $500 million civil fraud judgment against President Donald Trump and his family, a “tremendous victory for” Trump and an effort by New York Attorney General Letitia James to “have a trophy win against” the president reduced from “what was a mounted marlin to something of a guppy,” says George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley.

“It has removed the fine and left in place the injunctive relief that President Trump can now appeal. So, it is possible that even that could go to the wayside,” he told Fox News on Thursday.

“The good news is really for the New York court system. This regains some of the credibility that was lost during this process,” Turley added.

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