Political Figures React to Trump’s Legal Consequences in NY

‘It’s big enough to cripple him,’ said Jack Smith, prosecutor in another pending case against former President Trump.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference held at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 8, 2024. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Lawmakers responded to the news that a New York Supreme Court justice ordered former President Donald Trump to pay a multi-million-dollar penalty and suppressed the Trump Organization’s ability to do business in New York.

More than $360 million, plus interest from the beginning of the case, is due from officials of the Trump Organization. President Trump and the Trump Organization were sued by New York Attorney General Letitia James in September 2022, and the trial did not begin until Oct. 2, 2023.