NEW YORK: Donald Trump wins got some really good news on Monday. A court made a big decision that helped him a lot. They said he didn’t have to pay as much money as they originally thought. Instead of having to pay almost $500 million, they lowered the amount. Plus, they gave him more time to pay it back – 10 extra days.
The Republican candidate running for president, Donald Trump, received some unexpectedly good news about his legal troubles in New York. He was in court for another case about paying hush money to a porn star when he got this news.
Before this, Trump was facing a deadline to pay a large amount of money because a judge said he had committed fraud by inflating his net worth.
He couldn’t come up with the $454 million he was supposed to pay. If he didn’t pay, the state of New York could take parts of his property. But now, after the recent decision, he has an extra 10 days to pay a smaller amount, just $175 million.
Donald Trump, who’s 77 years old and a Republican, started his day dealing with two big legal problems. He was in a court in Manhattan, New York, where they were trying to figure out when his trial would happen.
This trial is about money he paid to a porn star named Stormy Daniels right before the 2016 presidential election. He paid her to keep quiet about a sexual encounter they had.
Trump said this trial is like a witch hunt, meaning he thinks it’s unfair. The trial was supposed to start on Monday, but it got delayed because prosecutors gave lots of new evidence at the last minute. They gave so much evidence that it would take a while for Trump’s lawyers to go through it.
Now, the district attorney in Manhattan said they’re okay with delaying the trial for up to 30 days. But Trump’s lawyers want even more time – at least three months. Meanwhile, Trump said on his Truth Social app that he’ll follow whatever decision the appeals court makes. He might have to put up money or something else as a guarantee.