Former President Donald Trump will return to a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday morning to attend the ongoing trial in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ $250 million lawsuit against him.
Trump, 77, confirmed in a Truth Social post that he will appear in lower Manhattan court for the third week of the trial in James’ case, accusing him of exaggerating his net worth in financial documents for years to obtain loan terms. favorable. of the banks.
The 2024 GOP presidential front-runner also attended the first three days of the proceedings in Manhattan Supreme Court two weeks ago, but had not returned since.
The case is civil and, as such, does not require your presence in court as a criminal case would.
Trump Organization accountant Donna Kidder is expected to continue testifying Tuesday about the company’s accounting practices.
Initially, Trump’s court appearance was to correspond with the days when his former personal attorney and “fixer” Michael Cohen was expected to testify.
But Cohen said Friday that he was forced to delay his testimony for medical reasons. The earliest he will take the stand will be next week, Judge Arthur Engoron, who is deciding the outcome of the trial, rather than a jury, said in court Monday.
Trump confirmed in a Truth Social post that he will appear in court on Tuesday.
Trump, in comments on social media and to reporters outside the courthouse, has continually criticized the case as a politically motivated witch hunt.
He has gone after the attorney general, the judge and even the judge’s clerk, prompting Engoron to issue a partial gag order against all parties in the case prohibiting them from making public statements about court personnel.
New York Attorney General Letitia James says Trump exaggerated his net worth for loan and insurance purposes.AP
Trump has received limited gag orders in other criminal cases he faces, including the Manhattan district attorney’s “hush money” case, in which he is prohibited from speaking about evidence, and the federal election interference case in Washington DC in who has been prohibited from making statements. negative statements against special prosecutor Jack Smith.
During the first three days of the civil fraud trial that Trump attended, his son Eric Trump, who is also a defendant in the case and executive vice president of Trump Org, was also present in court.
Eric Trump, his siblings Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump and his father are all on the attorney general’s witness list and are expected to testify later in the trial, which runs through December.
The trial is decided by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron rather than a jury.AP
James has attended most of the trials so far and has responded to Trump’s personal attacks on her by saying that he “doesn’t care about numbers or facts.”
The attorney general’s lawsuit accuses Trump of lying on his financial statements for a decade, claiming he was worth more than $3 billion more a year than he was actually worth, all so he could get better loan and insurance terms and climb the ranks. of Forbes billionaires.
An embattled Trump, who faces four separate criminal cases in four states, denies the allegations in James’ case as well as the criminal charges.
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