Trump back on Wednesday civil fraud trial in NYC
New York, NY (Oct,18,2023) — Trump set to return to the civil fraud trial that could threaten his business empire, back again in Wednesday and he will be back next week on Tuesday.
Former President Donald Trump is expected to return Tuesday to the New York City courtroom where the future of his business empire is being decided.
Trump’s three-day attendance two weeks ago at the start of the $250 million civil trial transformed what would normally be slow-paced accounting fraud case into what New York Attorney General Letitia James described as “The Trump Show.”
During the court’s 15-minute breaks, the former president held impromptu press conferences in the hallway and frequently took to social media to criticize the case against him — at one point drawing a limited gag order after he posted about the judge’s law clerk. Separate from the partial gag order imposed by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., Monday, New York Judge Arthur Engoron’s order prohibits Trump or any party from commenting on members of his staff.
Trump’s presence appeared to compel his attorneys to embrace a more aggressive courtroom style, objecting so often that it drew the judge’s an approach that seemed to dissipate once Trump left town.
Now the former president returns to a trial that, in his absence, has proceeded with two weeks of potentially damaging testimony.
