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worthy.com lead with jake tapper, cnn next this is cnn breaking news welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start today with major breaking news in our law and justice lead and an absolutely staggering financial penalty for donald trump. this afternoon, new york state judge arthur engoron ordered the former president and his company he s to pay nearly 355 million for committing fraud. the judge found trump s submitted, quote, blatantly false financial data. when he applied for loans allowing him to get more favorable rates there is one small victory in this ruling for mr. trump. the judge is not ordering the dissolution of the trump organizations as prosecutors had asked for. instead, trump will face restrictions over the next three years when it comes to how he can conduct business. let s get straight to cnn s chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid. paula, this is a lengthy ruling by judge anger on what what else is he saying about donald trump and his ....
trump. he s been ordered to pay nearly $355 million in a civil fraud case. he s been banned from doing business in the state of new york for three years. and the co-defendants in this case include his adult sons, dani and eric. let s get straight to cnn s chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid. paula, what did the judge say in his ruling about trump and his businesses? well, here, jake trump s combative and defiant legal strategy has yielded another massive loss in new york state court all right. now in addition to those hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties, the judge has also barred trump from serving as an officer or director of the new york corporation for three years. he also cannot apply for loans from banks registered in new york for three years now, the only good news and as a small g, is that he was not issued the corporate death penalty here, the judge backtracked and it s not going to dissolve trump s business certificates for the trump organi ....
of killers to exist in russia. i don t want putin ruling russia. did you get a sense of why he was so determined to go back knowing that this was always a potential risk because he wanted to change things. he really did think that being there, being a voice from inside, not stuck outside as an exile could make a difference. i obviously was concerned enough to ask him why he was putting himself and his mission at risk by going going back. but that is you say was the answer he gave at the time that is almost three years ago. and now here we are until it s absolutely confirmed independently. all we have is the russian service, the russian penitentiary service. we ve said but he collapsed after going out for a walk. they brought the ambulances, they tried to revive him, but they could not. and the russians are saying that investigations are underway into the cause of death. but the very important thing of former, in fact, national security surely official told us earlier th ....
a fiery response yesterday from fulton county district attorney fani willis. her surprise testimony came in a hearing connect today the georgia election interference case. meanwhile, another ruling against donald trump is expected later today. this one could have him on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars and even end his business empire in the state of new york. we ll get expert legal analysis on both of those cases, plus a key source for house republicans in their investigation into president biden and his family is now charged with lying to the fbi. we ll go through that bombshell development straight ahead. good morning. welcome to way too early on this friday, february 16th. we made it to friday. frankly, just barely. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and it looks to be an extremely busy day particularly for donald trump s legal calender. today in new york we expect to see a consequential ruling in the former president s civi ....
that is tonight special last word on the prosecutions of donald trump. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, the heated hearing in georgia. fani willis on the stand setting the record straight about accusations of misconduct. plus, the date is set for the first criminal trial of donald trump. and the questions surrounding mike johnson s leadership after legislative losses and an upcoming budget battle. then, backlash for the top republican who warned of a serious national security threat while we learn more about details about what it is, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. greetings everyone i am symone to sanders a towns, and in for stephanie ruhle. we re now 264 days away from the election and it has been an eventful day in donald trump s court cases. we begin in georgia where d a fani willis took the stand and fired back against allegations of misconduct in the election interference case. my colleague blaine alexand ....