The foreign-linked mystery company fighting to avoid handing over records demanded by special counsel Robert Mueller appears to have incurred a fine of $2.25 million as it presses its legal fight, according to court records released on Thursday
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Chief U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell determined that the daily penalty began being assessed on Jan. 15. In an order that she issued that day, she also noted that the government was “reserving the right to request escalation of the contempt fines.” Howell rejected those arguments in September, prompting the company to appeal to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which held arguments under unusual secrecy in December before rebuffing the firm. The company then won a temporary stay of the contempt order from Chief Justice John Roberts, but the Supreme Court dissolved the stay last month.
The newly disclosed court files also show that until recently, both sides in the case were under a broad gag order from Howell requiring them to respond with a “no comment” to any inquiries about the matter. She later relaxed the order to limit them to confirming matters already part of public dockets and court rulings in the case.
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