MIAMI, Feb 17, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Former US president Donald Trump vowed Friday to appeal a New York judge's ruling in a fraud case that saw the real estate mogul slapped with a $355 million fine and banned from running companies in the state for three years.

"We'll be appealing" the decision handed down by Judge Arthur Engoron, Trump said outside his Mar-a-Lago estate.

He accused President Joe Biden of driving the prosecution, calling it "weaponization against a political opponent who's up a lot in the polls."