Former President Donald Trump Considers Appearing in Person at Civil Fraud Trial in New York

New York, Oct 1 (EFE).- Former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) is considering appearing in person at the civil fraud trial that begins this Monday in New York, several sources close to the US media confirmed.

According to several “sources familiar with the planning” of the trial, CNN notes, the former president is making plans to appear in person, although he has not officially confirmed that he will do so.

Trump spokesman Steven Cheung told CNN that he “has not made a final decision yet.” According to this television channel, the former president will fly to New York City on Sunday night after a campaign event in Ottumwa, Iowa, and will spend the night at Trump Tower in Manhattan.

The NYPD and the court have been making security preparations for Trump’s possible appearance this Monday and perhaps Tuesday as well.

On September 28, a New York appeals court decided to maintain the start date of the civil trial against Trump for fraud in the Trump Organization for Monday, October 2.

Trump’s defense tried to delay the date of the procedure with a complaint of abuse of authority against Judge Arthur Engoron, after which an appeals court ordered on September 14 to paralyze the case before ruling.

In that complaint, Trump accused the judge of having acted negligently in rejecting a request from his defense, in which he asked him to dismiss most of the case because it was supposedly outside the statute of limitations.

However, in a brief decision issued last Thursday, the court decided to reject that appeal and lift the pause imposed on the process, allowing the planned schedule to be resumed.

The Prosecutor’s Office had already warned that delaying the civil trial could have consequences on other pending litigation against the former president, including the four criminal cases against him.

Engoron has estimated that this trial will last about three months, although he said this before resolving a few days ago, summarily and at the request of the Prosecutor’s Office, the main charge, by declaring Trump, two of his children, his company and two partners (which could shorten the entire process).

Trump, his sons Donald Jr. and Eric, the Trump Organization and two former executives were found liable for ongoing fraud for inflating the value of company assets for years to gain financial advantage.

The judge also ordered the defendants’ permits to operate businesses in New York state be canceled.

The remaining six charges set to be tried starting Monday relate to “persistent illegalities” at the company, including falsifying corporate documents, issuing false financial statements and committing insurance fraud.

The New York Prosecutor’s Office is demanding compensation of $250 million, which will also be determined in the process.

Both sides have submitted their lists of potential witnesses, which include the defendants.

This civil lawsuit against the former president is not related to the four criminal proceedings faced by the first former president in the history of the United States who has been indicted.

In Georgia he faces a case for alleged interference in the 2020 elections; in New York, the process for irregular payments she made during the 2016 campaign to silence porn actress Stormy Daniels for an “affair” they had in the past.

In Florida he faces justice for having taken classified papers to his mansion in Mar-a-Lago when he left the White House in January 2021 and, finally, he must respond in Washington to the assault on the Capitol in 2021, in which his Supporters attempted to disrupt the legislative process to certify Biden’s 2020 victory.

2023-10-02 00:53:36
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