New York, Dec 7 (EFE).- Former president of the United States Donald Trump (2017-2021) returned this Thursday to the court where the civil case for fraud against his family business has been going on for two months, and which threatens to turn it into a ‘persona non grata’ in the business world of the Big Apple.
The former president attended simply as an observer, although he is scheduled to speak on Monday to answer questions from his defense.
During the trial, Trump has repeatedly charged against the judge, Arthur Engoron, and the attorney general of New York, Letitia James, despite the fact that he has a ‘gag order’ that prevents him from making written comments about the employees of the court.
In fact, the former president has used the order, like the case, to raise funds for the 2024 presidential election. “There is not much I can tell you at this time,” he wrote in a campaign email to his followers titled “From back to court” and picked up by CNBC.
In the message, Trump said his image in court will remind voters “how corrupt our Government has become.”
The civil trial in New York against the Republican and two of his sons, as well as two other Trump Organization executives, for allegedly inflating the value of assets for years to obtain favorable terms with banks and insurers began on October 2, and It is scheduled to be resolved in January.
The Prosecutor’s Office already achieved a first victory before beginning the process, when Engoron summarily ruled that Trump and the other defendants were responsible for continued fraud at the Trump Organization and issued an order canceling their business licenses, which they have attempted. stop by claiming that it is not clear enough.
James is now asking for a $250 million penalty and to be prohibited from doing further business in New York.
The case in New York is just one of the many legal challenges of the former president, who remains the favorite in the polls to win the Republican nomination for the 2024 elections, in which he hopes to compete against the current president, Joe Biden. .
Trump is also accused of trying to reverse the results of the 2020 elections (in which he lost to Biden) in two criminal cases, one in Washington DC and another in the state of Georgia; of taking classified documents from the White House to his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida; and for falsifying business documents for payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels to hide an ‘affair’ they had in the past.
(c) EFE Agency
2023-12-08 02:19:00
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