Former President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media whereas arriving for the second day of his civil fraud trial in New York on Oct. 3, 2023.
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Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday stated that he plans to testify at the New York trial accusing him of partaking in a yearslong sample of large business fraud.
Trump advised reporters throughout a break on the second day of the trial that he will take the witness stand “at the appropriate time.”
He is called as a possible witness on lists submitted by his personal attorneys, and by attorneys for New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose $250 million lawsuit is the topic of the trial.
Trump has steadily attacked James, in addition to Judge Arthur Engoron, who’s conducting the trial with no jury.
On Tuesday, Trump focused Engoron’s principal regulation clerk by sharing a social media put up that included her full identify and a photograph of her posing with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as they each smiled.
Trump in his repost known as the clerk “Schumer’s girlfriend” and accused her of “working this case towards me.”
“How disgraceful!” Trump wrote in his Truth Social put up. “This case needs to be dismissed instantly!!”
Trump talked about Schumer and the clerk once more throughout one other break later Tuesday, as he claimed that the trial was “rigged” and “fraudulent.”
The clerk is seated virtually straight throughout from Trump in court docket, in keeping with journalists in the room.
Before the trial resumed Tuesday morning, Trump blasted James as a “fraud.”
“This case needs to be dismissed,” Trump advised reporters exterior of the courtroom.
“And she ought to most likely be dismissed additionally,” he stated of James.
The lawyer common accuses Trump, two of his grownup sons, the Trump Organization, and prime executives of fraudulently valuing actual property properties to acquire extra favorable mortgage and insurance coverage phrases, and tax advantages.
Trump on Tuesday stated, “Her numbers are fraudulent.”
He had glared at James on Monday when strolling out of the courtroom.
The second day of trial resumed with testimony from Donald Bender, a former accountant for Trump and his business.
In addition to looking for $250 million in damages, James is looking for a ban on Trump and his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, from working a business in New York.
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