Trump ahead of court appearance: ‘A dark day for our Country’
Former President Trump on Monday railed against his fraud case in New York City just hours before
he is expected to appear in court and potentially take the stand.
“Got a really Biased, Nasty, Club controlled, but often overturned, Judge, a Racist, Evil, and Corrupt Attorney General, BUT A CASE THAT, ACCORDING TO ALMOST ALL LEGAL SCHOLARS, HAS ZERO MERIT,” Trump wrote in
a Truth Social post. “A dark day for our Country. WITCH HUNT!”
Trump’s appearance Monday could mark a pivotal moment in New York Attorney General
Letitia James’s lawsuit against the former president, the Trump organization and Trump’s sons, Eric and Donald Trump Jr.
James’s $250 million suit alleges more than a decade of fraud, accusing Trump, some of his children and their business of falsely inflating and deflating the value of the Trump Organization’s assets in order to receive lower taxes and more insurance coverage.
Trump has long argued his fraud case in New York is part of a Democratic-led effort to weaponize the courts against him ahead of the 2024 election.
Trump currently faces four other criminal cases over alleged election interference, hush money payments in New York and mishandling of classified documents in Florida.
Several polls in recent weeks show Trump and
President Biden in a tight match-up, though a poll from The New York Times and Siena College published Sunday shows Biden trailing the former president in five key battleground states.
“This is the first time this method of cheating in an election has been so blatantly used in the USA as a POLITICAL WEAPON!” Trump wrote Monday. “Mostly done in Third World Countries.”
In a series of reposts overnight and into Monday, Trump re-upped his posts from
last week that called Judge
Arthur Engoron — who is overseeing the trial — “crazy,” “unhinged” and a “political hack” that is “doing the dirty work for the Democrat party.”
Engoron in September ruled that Trump, the Trump Organization and other defendants in the case are liable for fraud in the case.
Trump has maintained his innocence throughout the trial while continually expressing his frustration and anger both online and outside of the courtroom over the investigation into his business.
If Trump takes the stand, he will likely be asked about information on who is responsible for the Trump Organization’s fraud, Laurie Levenson, a law professor at Loyola Marymount University,
told The Hill.
Former President Trump on Monday railed against his fraud case in New York City just hours before he is expected to appear in court and potentially take the stand. “Got a really Biased, Nasty…
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Trump ticks off political grievances on witness stand in New York civil fraud trial: Live updates
Judge chides Trump for political answers
After Trump aired his frustration over “Democrat” prosecutors and attorneys general “coming after” him, Judge Arthur Engoron asked him to keep the political answers to a minimum.
“I’d like to move things along a little faster; please no speeches,” Engoron said, drawing an objection from Trump attorney Chris Kise.
A few questions later, Trump took aim at the judge. He claimed that the allegations against him are “well beyond the statute of limitations.”
“I’m sure the judge will rule against me because he always rules against me,” Trump said.
“You can attack me whenever you want but answer the questions,” Engoron later said in response.
Trump plays down financial statements
Trump attempted to play down the importance of his statements of financial condition when working with banks.
The documents are at the heart of the New York attorney general’s case against him and his business, which asserts that Trump and his co-defendants falsely inflated and deflated the value of the Trump Organization’s assets to receive lower taxes and better insurance coverage.
Trump said the statements of financial condition were “not really documents that the banks paid much attention to.”
“I’ve been dealing with banks for 50 years and probably know banks as well as anybody,” Trump said. “I know what they look at; they look at the deal.”
Trump calls 'Democrat' prosecutors 'all Trump haters'
Trump ticked off his political grievances on the witness stand in New York, while detailing how he left his business when his presidency began because he “thought it might be a conflict of interest.”
He appointed his son, Donald Trump Jr., whom he called “smart” and “a very honorable guy,” a trustee.
When he left the White House after losing the 2020 election, he appointed himself a trustee of the business, expecting to be “back in the business world for a little while.”
He complained that around the same time, “Democrat” prosecutors and state attorney generals — “all Trump haters,” he said — began to “come after” him.
“Weaponization, they call it,” Trump said.
Former President Trump clashed frequently with the judge overseeing his New York fraud trial as the former president spent hours on the witness stand in Manhattan on Monday. Trump’s highly an…
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First a grift on it though to raise money for lawyers and to keep afloat. Write Trump in .com with the usual rape and pillage tactics used on the suckers for stop the steal and other fund raisers. He will use the republicans and his base like toilet paper on the way down.
