NEW YORK — A judge rejected Donald Trump’s assurance that he has no other records to hand over to New York’s attorney general, meaning the former president is still in contempt of court and accruing a fine of $10,000 a day.
Trump on Friday filed a sworn affidavit saying he’s not aware of any records in his personal possession that should be handed over to state authorities probing potentially fraudulent asset valuations at his real-estate company. But New York state court Judge Arthur Engoron quickly ruled that was not enough to bring the former president into compliance with the court.
“Mr. Trump’s personal affidavit is completely devoid of any useful detail,” Engoron said. “Notably, it fails to state where he kept his files, how his files were stored in the regular course of business, who had access to such files, what, if any, the retention policy was for such files.”
