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- State Judge Arthur Engoron, who presided over the civil fraud case of $370 million in New York against former President Donald Trump and his company, will issue its verdict in the trial at the end of the week, according to a person with direct knowledge of the case told our sister network NBC News.
- “Engoron’s decision is currently expected to be released on Friday, barring unforeseen circumstances,” the person said Tuesday.
- Engoron had said he expected to rule in the month-long trial before the January 31but a spokesperson for the state judicial system told NBC News this month that seemed more like “beginnings or Half of February“.
NEW YORK — State Judge Arthur Engoron, who presided over the California civil fraud case, is expected to $370 million in New York against former President Donald Trump and his company, will issue its verdict in the trial at the end of the week, according to a person with direct knowledge of the case told our sister network NBC News.
“Engoron’s decision is currently expected to be released on Friday, barring unforeseen circumstances,” the person said Tuesday.
The new scheduled date was previously reported by The New York Times.
Engoron had said he expected to rule in the month-long trial before the January 31but a spokesperson for the state judicial system told NBC News this month that seemed more like “beginnings or Half of February“.
The long-awaited ruling will cap a trial that began Oct. 2 and included testimony from the former president and his three oldest children, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump. The final arguments The case, in which state Attorney General Letitia James’ office alleged that Trump and top officials committed persistent fraud by inflating financial statements, took place on January 11.
Luis Alejandro Medina informs us.
Engoron already found that Trump and his executives committed fraud. He must now decide on the question of intent and what sanctions Trump and his company should pay. James is seeking $370 million and a ban on Trump from conducting further business in the New York real estate industry, where he branded him as a businessman, among other sanctions.
Trump, who has called the case a politically motivated “fraud on me,” has denied any wrongdoing.
If the ruling comes Friday, it will mark the end of a busy judicial week for Trump. He attended a hearing on Monday behind closed doors about classified evidence in a federal criminal case that accuses him of mishandling national security information, and on Thursday he was at a hearing before the trial, which begins March 25, in a case that alleges he falsified business records linked to payments of money for silence.
He was also at a hearing in Georgia on Thursday regarding Trump and his co-defendants’ attempt to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from their election interference racketeering case. That hearing is expected to continue until Friday.
Trump has pleaded not guilty in all three criminal cases.
This article was originally written in English by NBC News. Here the link.
2024-02-16 13:36:33
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