On August 21 local time, the New York State Court of Appeals rejected the judgment of US President Donald Trump to be fined about $500 million for civil fraud. Trump wrote on his social platform "Real Social" that he greatly respects the court's "courage to overturn this illegal and shameful ruling", which is "a witch hunt like never before" from a business perspective. On the same day, the New York Attorney General's Office appealed the appeals court's rejection of the ruling.