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Donald Trump says He will not Testify in his Own Defense in New York Fraud Trial
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Donald Trump says He will not Testify in his Own Defense in New York Fraud Trial
In a reversal, Donald Trump says he will not testify in his own defense in New York fraud trial.
In an eleventh-hour reversal, The Twice Impeached 4 times Indicted, Florida Felony Criminal Defendant, Donald Trump announced Sunday he will not go back on the witness stand in the $250 million civil fraud trial against him and his company.
“I have already testified to everything & have nothing more to say other than this is a complete & total election interference (Biden campaign!) witch hunt” so “I will not be testifying on Monday,” Trump said in an all-caps, two-part post on his social media platform Truth Social.
Trump had been scheduled to testify Monday as one of the final defense witnesses in a trial that has lasted two months and is entering its final week of testimony.
He had been expected to tout his company’s success and push back on New York Attorney General Letitia James’ claims that he vastly overvalued his properties and his net worth in financial statements that he used to get favorable loans from banks that he otherwise would not have been entitled to.
Called as a witness by James’ team on Nov. 6, a combative Trump made similar claims while also launching attacks on the AG and the judge who will decide the case, Arthur Engoron.
He called James a “political hack” who “should be ashamed of herself” and referred to Engoron as a “very hostile judge.”
“He ruled against me and he said I was a fraud before he knew anything about me, nothing about me,” Trump said, referring to the judge’s pretrial finding that Trump and his company had engaged in repeated acts of fraud.
The Low Life Criminal Scum knows he has already lost … and all of his businesses in New York will be shut down, Real Estate will be ceased, and liquidated.
It could not happen to a more deserving Corrupt Piece of Shit .
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/economy/business-trump-organization-fraud-trial/index.html
cnn.com
Outcome of Trump’s fraud trial could have ‘seismic’ impact on his business | CNN Business
The New York civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump carries extremely high stakes for the self-proclaimed business mogul.
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In a kangaroo NYC Court, under a compromised Joe Biden DOJ. Neo Liberals do live stacking the cards, in their favour.
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<yawn> America is pathetic and deserves this clown and all that comes with it. Wake up! VOTE!
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Muscle4Muscle2009
Member December 11, 2023 at 2:00 am
<yawn> America is pathetic and deserves this clown and all that comes with it. Wake up! VOTE!
Which clown are you referring to (there are many!)?
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Trump has spent $2.5M on expert testimony in his NY Fraud Trial
However his expert witnesses did not testify regarding his specific case or charges.
It was a complete waste of money…. He is still going to lose his businesses and real estate in New York and around the world.
The expenditure represents just a fraction of theTwice Impeached, 4 Times Indicted Felony Criminal Defendant ‘s growing legal bills, as he fends off four separate criminal trials and the lingering costs of additional civil trials using a mixture of personal funds and political donations from his supporters.
In just the first half of this year, according to the most recent disclosure report available, his Save America PAC reported more than $20 million in legal spending across various court battles, including roughly $7 million paid to defense lawyers handling his fraud case. Last week’s testimony from accounting expert Eli Bartov alone added an additional $900,000 to Trump’s legal bills.
Along with testimony from Deutsche Bank executives, Trump’s expert witnesses have been at the crux of his defense strategy after Judge Arthur Engoron, in a partial summary judgment issued before the trial started, ruled that Trump had used financial statements with fraudulent valuations to get better loan terms from lenders.
At trial, however, Engoron has repeatedly criticized Trump’s experts for offering what he’s characterized as irrelevant or redundant testimony.
“I am not trying to figure out what the value is,” the judge said after a defense witness testified about the worth of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club on Tuesday. “I don’t necessarily consider it relevant.”
“Why are we wasting our time if nobody is considering the words coming out of our experts’ mouths?” Trump’s legal spokesperson Alina Habba asked Engoron in open court on Friday.
‘Hired to say whatever it is they want’
The state attorneys handling the case seem to agree, suggesting on
Thursday that Bartov — who four years ago testified as an expert
witness for the New York attorney general’s fraud case against Exxon
Mobil — had a financial incentive to potentially offer biased
testimony.In total, Trump’s lawyers have called a dozen experts to testify on topics ranging from contract procurement to Palm Beach residential real estate, paid at an hourly rate ranging from $350 to $1,595.
While some experts were paid less than $50,000 for their work, two experts were individually paid over $800,000 for their analysis.
Real estate valuations expert Fredrick Chin was paid $850,000 for 1,000 hours of work, and New York University accounting professor Eli Bartov was paid $877,500 for 650 hours of work.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/empire-stake-trump-spent-25-million-expert-testimony/story?id=105508407
abcnews.go.com
With his empire at stake, Trump has spent $2.5 million on expert testimony in his fraud trial
Donald Trump, fighting to maintain his real estate empire, spent at least $2.5 million on expert witnesses who have testified in his fraud trial over the last month.
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