Trump Loses Bid To Delay $250M New York Fraud Trial

Law & Crime reports:

A Manhattan judge held firm on plans for a trial this autumn in the $250 million lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump, his adult children and his business of fraud.

“This case is complex, but it’s not complicated,” Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron declared in court on Tuesday. “It all boils down to whether the statements of financial condition are true, and the rest as Rabbi Hillel famously said, is all commentary.”

Trump’s attorneys asked the judge to postpone the Oct. 2 trial by six months, deep into the presidential campaign season. New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) alleges that Trump, his children and his businesses have a pattern of wildly inflating or deflating their assets to reap tax benefits.

Read the full article. As I reported earlier today, the above proceeding was delayed for about an hour due to a bomb threat. And as you can see below, Trump is screaming in his usual demented fashion.

Breaking —

“‘That’s written in stone’: Judge rejects Trump’s pleas to delay trial in $250 million fraud case”

Judge clarifies his earlier remarks that the case will go to trial in October “come hell or high water.”

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