NY Attorney General files motion to hold Trump in contempt

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NY Attorney General. New York’s attorney general filed a motion in court to hold Trump in contempt and fine him $1O,OOO per day for failing to comply with a subpoena for documents in her ongoing civil investigation into his business practices. Attorney General Letitia James argued in court papers that Trump should be fined “a sum sufficient to coerce his compliance” after he missed a March 31 court-imposed deadline to turn over the documents. "The judge’s order was crystal clear: Donald J. Trump must comply with our subpoena and turn over relevant documents to my office," James said in a statement. "This Court’s order was not an opening bid for a negotiation or an invitation for a new round of challenges to the subpoena. It was, rather, a court order entered after full briefing and argument during which Mr. Trump could have, but did not, raise any of the purported objections or assertions he has now raised," the attorney general’s motion said. Representatives for Trump did not immediately respond to Thursday's filing. Mr. Trump, no one, including you, is above the law.