Tag Archives: Trump Organization

Trump Again Seeks Dismissal Of New York Fraud Case

The Messenger reports: Former President Donald Trump’s lead attorney on Tuesday asked the New York judge presiding over his client’s civil fraud trial to throw out the lawsuit based on testimony by a high-ranking Deutsche Bank executive. “This witness has again testified that the bank conducted its own due diligence,” said Trump’s lead attorney Christopher Kise, who also represents the …

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Trump To Be Final Defense Witness In NY Fraud Trial

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump will take the stand in his own defense next month in his $250 million civil fraud trial, his attorneys said in court Monday. Trump will be the defense’s last witness, on Dec. 11, his attorney Chris Kise said. In the week preceding the former president’s testimony, his son Eric Trump is scheduled to …

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Testimony Contradicts Eric Trump’s Claim Of Ignorance

ABC News reports: Eric Trump needed help with the Trump Organization’s finances after the company’s chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg was removed from his role following his indictment in 2021, according to Trump Hotels executive Mark Hawthorn. According to Hawthorn’s testimony, the company relied on an outdated and inefficient approach to bookkeeping, including authorizing only three individuals — Weisselberg, Donald …

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Trump Can’t Call Trump Org Monitor As Fraud Witness

The Messenger reports: A New York judge on Monday rejected a request by Donald Trump’s attorneys to call a retired federal judge appointed to monitor and potentially, dissolve the former president’s business empire as a defense witness in his civil fraud trial. In 2022, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron appointed ex-U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones to serve as a …

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Former Trump Org Controller Sobs During Fraud Trial

The Hill reports: Tearing up as he testified, Donald Trump’s former corporate controller said he “gave up” on his longtime job because he was worn out by the company’s legal woes. Jeffrey McConney was on the witness stand for a fourth day in six weeks at the ex-president’s civil fraud trial when defense lawyer Jesus M. Suarez asked why McConney …

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Trump’s Truth Social Sues 20 Outlets Over Loss Reports

Bloomberg News reports: The company behind former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social wants $1.5 billion in damages from news organizations which reported that the platform had lost $73 million. Lawyers for Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. said in a lawsuit filed Monday in state court in Sarasota County, Florida, that the number was “an utter fabrication” and accused 20 …

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NY Judge Rejects Trump’s “Nonsensical” Mistrial Bid

The Daily Beast reports: The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s bank fraud trial is having none of the former president’s attempts to call for a mistrial, defending his law clerk and his own ability to be impartial as the real estate tycoon makes a longshot bid to scrap the entire legal battle. In a six-page order on Friday, Justice Arthur F. …

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Trump’s Expert Witness Questions His Shady Finances

The Insider reports: When it comes to Donald Trump’s estimates of his net worth, “questionable,” and “inconsistencies” are words you’d expect to hear only from his accuser, the state of New York. But on Wednesday, an expert accountant took the stand in Trump’s defense for a second day at the former president’s Manhattan fraud trial, and used these very words …

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Trump Megadonor Testifies As Expert In NY Fraud Case

Courthouse News reports: Steven Witkoff isn’t a seasoned expert witness — far from it. He said as much when the Manhattan judge overseeing Donald Trump’s fraud trial asked Witkoff if he’d ever testified as an expert before that day. “I don’t think so,” Witkoff said. “My mother might think I am, but that’s about it, judge.” Nonetheless, Witkoff took the …

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Trump Files Demand For Mistrial In NY Fraud Case

CNBC reports: Donald Trump and his co-defendants asked a judge Wednesday to grant a mistrial in the $250 million civil business fraud case that threatens the former president’s business empire. In a court filing, Trump, his two adult sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, the Trump Organization and its top executives argued that “the evidence of apparent and actual …

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Tomorrow: Defense Begins In Trump’s NY Fraud Trial

The Washington Post reports: When the defense begins presenting its own case, Donald Trump Jr., Trump’s oldest son — who is a defendant in the case, as is his brother, Eric Trump — will return to the stand as the defense’s first witness. Trump’s attorneys are expected to argue that his financial statements were legitimate, that valuations are subjective and …

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Ivanka Pleads Amnesia 30 Times In NY Fraud Trial

ABC News reports: State attorney Louis Solomon grew visibly frustrated with Ivanka Trump’s limited recollections during an exchange about Donald Trump’s Old Post Office building in Washington, D.C. Solomon attempted to confront Ivanka Trump with a document that showed that the General Services Administration — which ran the selection process for the renovation of the building — raised concerns about …

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Hecklers Chant At Ivanka Outside Court: “Fraud Family”

The Associated Press reports: Ivanka Trump began testifying Wednesday in the the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing the Trump family business, making an appearance she tried to prevent.Ex-President Donald Trump’s elder daughter, who has been in his inner circle in both business and politics, rounds out a major stretch in the trial. Her father gave caustic testimony on …

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Ivanka About To Testify In NY Fraud Trial, Trump Rages

CBS News reports: Ivanka Trump is set to testify in the ongoing civil fraud trial of her father and his business in New York on Wednesday, when she will become the fourth and final member of the Trump family to take the stand. Former President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter will be sworn in two days after he testified for four …

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Judge Threatens To Toss Trump From Witness Stand

NBC News reports: Trump wasted little time mixing it up with the judge from the stand. After the judge chided him for giving non-responsive answers, Trump said “The judge will rule against me because he will always rule against me.” The judge said that comment was not true, and asked Trump to “please answer the question. You can attack me …

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Trump Rages About “Racist” AG Outside Courtroom

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump spoke in the hallway flanked by his attorneys Chris Kise and Alina Habba before entering the courtroom. Trump railed against the case and New York Attorney General Letitia James, calling it an “unfair situation” and “really election interference.” “We will go along, and we will hopefully do very well in every regard, and we …

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Trump Could Implicate Sons In New York Fraud Trial

Politico reports: Will he blame one or both of his adult sons? He might, at least implicitly. After Trump became president in 2017, he put Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump in charge of the family business. In their testimony last week, Donald Trump Jr. pinned responsibility for the company’s financial documents on their accountants while Eric Trump denied any …

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TOMORROW: Trump To Testify In New York Fraud Trial

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump has testified in court as a football owner, casino builder and airline buyer. He bragged in a deposition that he saved “millions of lives” by deterring nuclear war as president. Another time, he fretted about the dangers of flung fruit. Trump is set to testify Monday at his New York civil fraud trial, taking …

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Ivanka Drops Attempt To Evade Testifying In Fraud Trial

CNN reports: Ivanka Trump on Friday withdrew her appeal of a judge’s order requiring her to testify at her father’s civil fraud trial next week after an appellate court refused to pause her testimony. She is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. On Thursday night, an appeals court denied Ivanka Trump’s request to postpone her testimony until her lawyers …

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Eric Trump Testifies: I Know Nothing About Our Books

CNN reports: Eric Trump’s two days in court have ended after roughly an hour on the stand Friday. Speaking to the media outside of the courtroom, he touted the success of his family’s company and decried the trial as a “witch hunt” for “political purposes.” Next up on the stand is his father, Donald Trump, who on Monday will testify …

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