Which civil cases resulted in financial judgments against Donald Trump personally and what were the amounts?
Executive summary
Three civil judgments against Donald J. Trump are documented in the provided reporting as having produced personal financial liabilities: a nine‑figure New York state civil‑fraud judgment finalized at roughly $454 million (including interest), a multimillion‑dollar defamation judgment tied to writer E. Jean Carroll (with separate awards of $5 million and roughly $83.3 million on different claims), and a federal antitrust civil penalty of $750,000 entered in a U.S. Department of Justice final judgment; other high‑profile civil matters remain pending, on appeal, or are not shown in these sources to have produced additional personal money judgments [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6].
1. New York Attorney General civil‑fraud case — roughly $454 million (judgment finalized; appeal pending)
A New York State Supreme Court ruling by Justice Arthur Engoron found Trump liable in a civil fraud case brought by Attorney General Letitia James and imposed a nine‑figure money judgment that was finalized in New York clerks’ records at about $454.2 million when pre‑judgment interest and penalties were included; the office of the AG described the ordered payments as more than $450 million representing roughly $363.8 million in disgorgement plus pre‑judgment interest, and the judgment was stayed pending appeal after Trump posted a reduced $175 million bond to pause collection [1] [3] [2] [7].
2. E. Jean Carroll civil judgments — $5 million and $83.3 million (separate awards; appeals underway in some instances)
Reporter coverage and court decisions show Trump was held civilly liable in litigation brought by writer E. Jean Carroll: a jury and subsequent appellate rulings affirmed a $5 million judgment against Trump for sexual abuse and associated defamation claims, and a separate award requiring payment of roughly $83.3 million was entered on additional defamation claims; those rulings have been the subject of appeals and further procedural filings as Trump sought stays or bond relief [4] [5] [8].
3. U.S. Department of Justice antitrust final judgment — $750,000 civil penalty
A Department of Justice final judgment document included in the reporting records a civil penalty against Donald J. Trump under Section 7A(g) of the Clayton Act (the Hart‑Scott‑Rodino provisions) in the amount of Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000), with the document directing payment of the civil penalty within a specified short period after entry of the final judgment [6].
4. What is included in these totals, and how collection is affected by appeals
The New York civil‑fraud figure cited above aggregates disgorgement, penalties and pre‑judgment interest; outlets and the AG’s office report the total differently depending on whether interest is included, and interest has continued to accrue at a high daily rate while appeals proceed, which is why initial penalty figures and later “finalized” totals diverge in reporting [3] [2]. Courts have routinely allowed stays, bonds or other mechanisms (for example a $175 million bond in the New York case) that pause active collection while appeals move through the system, meaning a judgment’s practical collectability and the current cash Trump must put up are shaped by appellate decisions and bond orders [7] [2].
5. Other civil cases, open questions and limits of this review
Several other civil suits involving Trump are tracked by public litigation trackers and news outlets, but the provided sources do not document additional finalized personal money judgments beyond the fraud, defamation, and antitrust items summarized above; some cases remain pending, are in various stages of appeal, or involve entity‑level liabilities rather than personal judgments, and those nuances matter to any tally of “what Trump personally owes” [9] [10]. If there are more recent or jurisdictionally separate final judgments against Trump personally not captured in these sources, this report cannot assert their existence because the provided reporting does not cover them.