An appeals court has thrown out the massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump, a huge win for Trump over the lawfare waged against him in the run-up to his 2024 election victory.

A panel of five judges in New York’s mid-level Appellate Division ruled Thursday that the original verdict secured by New York Attorney General Letitia (Tish) James in Judge Arthur Engoron’s court was “excessive.”

The fine could have cost Trump well over half a billion dollars, the Associated Press reported.

“While the injunctive relief ordered by the court is well crafted to curb defendants’ business culture, the court’s disgorgement order, which…

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