A New York appeals court heard arguments Thursday regarding Trump's appeal of his nearly half-a-billion business fraud suit.

As Donald Trump hits the homestretch of his White House run, the former president’s lawyers are heading to a New York appeals court in a bid to overturn a civil fraud judgment

Some judges in a New York appeals court appeared receptive Thursday to possibly reversing or reducing a civil fraud judgment that stands to cost Donald Trump nearly $500 million. One judge called the former president’s penalty “troubling” and wondered if the state’s policing of private business transactions was “deterrence” or “mission creep.