Trump fined £7.9K a day for contempt

A NEW York judge has found former president Donald Trump in contempt of court for failing to adequately respond to a subpoena issued by the state’s attorney general as part of a civil investigation into his business dealings.

Judge Arthur Engoron ordered him to pay a fine of $10,000 (£7,900) a day.

“Mr Trump, I know you take your business seriously, and I take mine seriously,” Mr Engoron said before issuing the ruling from the bench in a Manhattan courtroom, following a hearing.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, had asked the court to hold Mr Trump in contempt after he missed a March 31 court-imposed deadline to turn over documents.

He said a contempt finding was appropriate because Trump and his lawyers’ hadn’t shown they had conducted a proper search for the records sought by the subpoena.

Trump, right, has been fighting James in court over her investigation.