A New York judge said Wednesday that he would lift a contempt of court finding against former President Donald Trump by next week if Trump's legal team provided more information about a search for documents sought by the state Attorney General.
If the conditions aren't met by May 20, Judge Arthur Engoron will impose a $10,000 per day fine on Trump for being in contempt.
Trump and his lawyers said they couldn't locate documents sought by James as part of her civil investigation of the Trump Organization and its valuation of several real estate assets.
The explanations that Trump and the lawyers have given about their search for those documents were not satisfactory to him.
The Manhattan Supreme Court judge fined Trump $10,000 a day for being in contempt.
If Trump's legal team submits additional affidavits with more information about the searches for the documents and the document retention and destruction policies of the Trump Organization by May 20, the order will be lifted.
A review of Trump documents by the digital forensics company HaystackID would need to be completed by the May 20 deadline, and Trump would have to pay accrued fines through last Friday of $110,000 to the attorney general's office.
James' office is looking into allegations that the Trump Organization manipulated the values of properties in order to get financial benefits when applying for loans, obtaining insurance policies and paying taxes.
A lawyer for Trump didn't comment on the ruling.
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