New York Judge Lifts Contempt Order Against Trump

CBS News reports:

A New York judge ruled Wednesday that Donald Trump is no longer in contempt for failing to turn over documents demanded in a subpoena by the state’s attorney general. The former president’s April 25 contempt finding came after he contested a December subpoena.

Trump claimed he had no material that was responsive to the subpoena, leading to demands by the judge and the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James that his attorneys provide detailed explanations of how they conducted their search.

Trump will be asked about company records during a court-ordered sworn deposition scheduled for mid-July. Trump and two of his children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, recently lost two appeals seeking to block the depositions.

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BREAKING: A New York judge ruled that Donald Trump is no longer in contempt for failing to turn over documents demanded in a subpoena by the state’s attorney general. https://t.co/RyuadDtWaj

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 29, 2022