New York, Dec 10 (EFE).- Former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) said this Sunday that he will not testify in his civil trial for fraud in the Trump Organization on Monday in New York, in which he and his family members will they risk possible disqualification from doing future business in the state.
“I will not testify on Monday,” the current Republican primary candidate wrote in a long message on his social network, Truth Social.
Trump, who has testified before in this trial, was expected to answer questions from his lawyers on Monday as part of his defense.
“I have already testified everything and I have nothing more to say, other than that this is complete electoral interference and total witch hunt, which will do nothing but keep companies out of New York,” the magnate added in his publication, written completely in capital letters.
During the trial, Trump has repeatedly attacked 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.
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. EFE
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2023-12-10 21:31:47
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