Cushman Appeals Contempt Order Over Trump Organization Documents
Cushman & Wakefield asked a state appeals court in New York to reverse a contempt-of-court order issued earlier this week and allow the company more time to comply with the original subpoenas issued as part of a probe into The Trump Organization.
The real estate services giant says it has already produced several hundred thousand pages of documents and more than 650 appraisals so far, Reuters reports. The company further dismissed the suggestion it hasn't acted in good faith regarding the subpoenas.
The deadline to provide the subpoenaed documents passed earlier this week, and Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron found Cushman & Wakefield in contempt over the matter, ordering Cushman to pay $10K each day, starting Wednesday, until it complies with the subpoena.
In April, New York State Attorney General Letitia James subpoenaed Cushman, demanding documents related to real estate appraisals done by the company for The Trump Organization. James issued the subpoenas as part of her civil investigation of former President Donald Trump's business practices.
Cushman appealed the original subpoenas but lost that battle when Engoron ruled in April that the company must hand over documents related to appraisals for a number of Trump Organization properties, specifically the Seven Springs estate in Westchester County, 40 Wall St. in Manhattan and Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles.
