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New York judge declines to end contempt fines against Trump

Former US President Donald Trump denies wrongdoing and says investigation into his business practices is politically motivated [File: Ben Gray/AP]

A New York judge has expressed surprise that former US President Donald Trump, a man he described as perhaps the world’s most famous real estate developer, was unable to provide any documents sought in a probe of the Trump Organization, his family company.

Justice Arthur Engoron in New York state court in Manhattan said at a virtual hearing on Friday he would go on holding the ex-president in contempt of court and fine him $10,000 a day despite a request from Trump’s lawyer to lift both orders.

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