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Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on Tuesday said Donald Trump did himself absolutely no favors with his botched answer to what should have been a “softball” question in his civil fraud trial. When Trump was asked if he could say if all his financial statements were true and accurate, Weissmann said the former president basically […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Her father gave caustic testimony. Her brothers each spent more than a day on the witness stand. Now it’s Ivanka Trump’s turn to face questioning in the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing into the family business. Ex-President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter, who has been in his inner circle in […]
Donald Trump is turning to his well-worn playbook during his civil fraud trial, MSNBC’s Jen Psaki said Sunday. The former president’s defense against New York Attorney General Letitia James’ $250 million lawsuit alleging the overvaluation of assets is “basically to gaslight, to repeat a lie so often and so forcefully in the hope that his […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump vigorously defended his wealth and business on Monday, tangling from the witness stand with the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial and denouncing as a “political witch hunt” a lawsuit accusing him of dramatically inflating his net worth. Trump’s long-awaited testimony about property valuations and financial statements […]
Obama-era acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal said Donald Trump “covered a lot of ground” with his attacks on lawyers, New York Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engoron while taking the stand in his civil fraud trial in New York on Monday. “But for all of his attacks, there was one key thing missing […]
Katyal suggested to MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle that there were two possible explanations for the Trump scion’s answers. Former President Donald Trump’s eldest son was either “choosing to mislead the judge, the public about his business knowledge, or he came awfully close to I guess flunking out of Wharton.” It’s “really convenient how Don Jr. seems […]
Ivanka Trump apparently doesn’t want to testify in her family’s civil fraud trial and is taking extreme steps to avoid it. Former President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter is scheduled to appear next week but asked a New York appeals court to pause the $250 million trial for reasons of “undue hardship,” according to CNBC. The […]
NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump became president in 2017, he handed day-to-day management of his real estate empire to his eldest sons, Donald Jr. and Eric. Now, as the Trumps fight to keep the family business intact, the brothers are set to testify in the New York civil fraud case that threatens their […]