U.S. court throws out 500 mln USD penalty against Trump

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A New York appeals court on Thursday threw out a more than 500 million U.S. dollar penalty plus interest against U.S. President Donald Trump in a civil fraud case.

In the 323-page ruling by a five-judge panel, the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court upheld the verdict, saying that the size of the fine was "excessive" and that it "violates the Eighth Amendment of the Uni