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Former President Trump introduced on his social media platform, Reality Social, on Sunday, that he not plans to testify at his civil fraud trial on Monday.
Trump had been scheduled to testify Monday as one of many closing protection witnesses in a trial that has lasted two months and is coming into its closing week of testimony.
Courtroom officers additionally confirmed to Fox Information that Trump has notified the courtroom that he’s not testifying.
“As everybody is aware of, I’ve very efficiently & conclusively testified within the corrupt, Biden directed, New York state legal professional normal’s rigged trial in opposition to me. World famend consultants, extremely revered financial institution & insurance coverage executives, actual property professionals, in addition to others, each trustworthy & credible, have said, clearly & unequivocally, that I, and my very profitable firm, did nothing flawed! My monetary statements had been conservative, liquid, & ‘extraordinary,’” Trump posted.
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump waves to the gang on the sphere throughout halftime within the Palmetto Bowl between Clemson and South Carolina at Williams Brice Stadium on November 25, 2023, in Columbia, South Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Photographs)
The reversal of Trump’s testimony got here after an accounting knowledgeable testified that the AG’s case had no benefit and that he didn’t see any proof of fraud within the monetary statements that had been being challenged by the AG.
“A high professor from NYU Stern stated, “If Mr. Trump had been my pupil, he would get an ‘A’ on his monetary statements. I’ve by no means seen an announcement that offered a lot element, and is so clear, as these statements.” Plus, all of them have an ironclad disclaimer clause stating that the customers should do their very own due diligence & evaluation – no reliance! The one fraud dedicated was by the extremely partisan and out-of-control choose, and racist A.G., who promised that, ‘I’ll get Trump,’” Trump exclaimed.
New York Legal professional Common Letitia James is in search of $250 million in damages and to bar Trump from conducting enterprise within the state. The legal professional normal’s criticism accuses Trump, his sons and his firm of fraudulently inflating the values of his properties to acquire extra favorable mortgage and insurance coverage charges.
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Former President Donald Trump leaves the courtroom for a lunch break throughout his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Courtroom on November 06, 2023 in New York Metropolis. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Photographs)
“Donald Trump already testified in our monetary fraud case in opposition to him. Whether or not or not Trump testifies once more tomorrow, we’ve got already confirmed that he dedicated years of economic fraud and unjustly enriched himself and his household. Irrespective of how a lot he tries to distract from actuality, the details don’t lie,” James advised Fox Information.
Trump went on to share extra particulars about his reasoning for not testifying.
“They claimed that Mar-a-Lago was price solely $18,000,000, when it’s price 50 to 100 occasions that quantity, with a purpose to illegally cut back my values & make a faux case in opposition to me. They did this on different properties, as properly, and wouldn’t give me a jury. Likewise, the A.G. thugs don’t wish to acknowledge that I’ve paid virtually 300 million {dollars} in New York Metropolis and state taxes through the years in query. Importantly, I received on the appellate division, which successfully ended many of the case, however the biased choose refused to simply accept their order, an exceptional first!” Trump posted.
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Former US President Donald Trump speaks throughout a marketing campaign occasion on the South Carolina State Home in Columbia, South Carolina, US, on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. (Sam Wolfe/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)
Trump continued his publish by calling the case a witch hunt in opposition to him.
“Primarily based on the above, and the truth that our unassailable closing knowledgeable witness has been so robust and irrefutable in his testimony, which can conclude on Tuesday, and that I’ve already testified to every little thing and don’t have anything extra to say aside from that it is a full and whole election interference (Biden marketing campaign!) witch hunt, that can do nothing however maintain companies out of New York, I cannot be testifying on Monday. Maga!” Trump stated.
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media throughout an election night time occasion at Mar-a-Lago on November 08, 2022, in Palm Seashore, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Photographs)
Courtroom officers stated proceedings will resume Tuesday as scheduled, and Eli Bartov, an accounting knowledgeable who Trump got here to see testify final week, will resume the ultimate a part of his testimony.
The legal professional normal’s workplace will then have a day for rebuttals, then both sides has till January 5 to file briefs, and shutting arguments will happen January 11.
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Former President Donald Trump says he won’t testify at his civil fraud trial
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