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Posted: 2024-02-02T02:46:04Z | Updated: 2024-02-02T02:46:04Z

The verdict in former President Donald Trump s civil fraud trial will not be announced until early to-mid February as a judge considers a potential penalty upwards of $370 million.

A court spokesperson said Thursday Judge Arthur Engoron expects to issue his ruling sometime this month, although he stressed the timeline was a rough estimate that could change. Engoron previously said he hoped to issue a decision by the end of January in the closely watched case, which ended last month after nearly two months of testimony from those inside the Trump Organization, as well as from the former president and his children.

New York Attorney General Leticia James sued Trump, two of his adult sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump and two other associates in 2022, claiming they engaged of decades of fraud to inflate his net worth by billions of dollars to obtain more favorable loans. She has asked the court to impose a penalty of $370 million and bar Trump from ever working in the New York real estate industry again. James has also asked that he be severely limited in his ability to do business there.