Civil Fraud Trial

250 Mill **Civil Fraud Trial** beginns in NYC 2 Oct. 2023. (next 3 months) - Trump fraud trial (2023, NYC)

By 2019, New York State Attorney General (AG) Letitia James had begun investigating the Trump Organization for potential financial fraud in a civil capacity.

In 2022, James filed a lawsuit against the Trumps, which resulted in the imposition of an independent monitor to prevent future fraud. A trial was scheduled for October 2, 2023.

In 2020, Eric Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination over 500 times in his testimony for the AG. In November 2021, The Washington Post reported that between 2011 and 2015 the organization presented several properties as being worth far more to potential lenders than to tax officials; in 2012, it cited the 40 Wall Street building as being worth over $500 million more to the former than to the latter.

Lawyers for the Trumps unsuccessfully sought to have both the case and related subpoenas dismissed.

Donald Trump reportedly pleaded the Fifth more than 400 times in his August 2022 deposition.

In September 2022, James filed a civil lawsuit against Trump, his three oldest children, and the organization for alleged fraud. Additionally, she referred the case to federal criminal prosecutors and the Internal Revenue Service.

In November 2022, presiding judge Arthur Engoron appointed retired judge Barbara S. Jones to monitor the organization.

In September 2023, Judge Engoron issued a summary judgment that Trump and his company had committed fraud for years; the judge ordered the **termination of the defendants' state business licenses** and the dissolution of pertinent limited liability companies.

source (2nd oct. 2023)

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New\_York\_civil\_investigation\_of\_The\_Trump\_Organization

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* Judge issues gag order and rebukes Trump after social media post attacking his clerk The judge then said all parties must not speak publicly about any members of the court staff.

“Consider this statement an order forbidding all parties from posting, emailing or speaking publicly about any members of my staff,” Engoron said. “Failure to abide by this … will result in serious sanctions.” CNN, By Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell, Sabrina Souza and Jeremy Herb, Okt 3, 2023

* Richter verbietet Trump Verunglimpfungen nach erneutem Onlinepost (Die Anklägerin sei »rassistisch«, der Richter wolle seine Wiederwahl verhindern: Während seines Betrugsprozesses feuert Ex-US-Präsident Donald Trump immer wieder gegen die Justiz. Das hat jetzt Folgen.) Spiegel 03.10.2023

* [https://www.bbc.com/news/66989373

* Jurist presiding at Trump’s civil trial will serve as judge and jury. Justice Arthur F. Engoron, a fan of puns and pop culture, will decide the fate of the former president’s family business at his civil fraud trial. NYT Oct. 2, 2023 ak.

* https://www.timesnownews.com/world/who-is-arthur-engoron-manhattan-judge-rules-donald-trump-defrauded-banks-insurers-article-103971023

## Aussage von Trump jr. vor Gericht

*Ältester Sohn von Donald Trump streitet Beteiligung an Betrug ab*. Donald Trump hatte seine Vermögenswerte laut einem Urteil überhöht, um sich finanzielle Vorteile zu verschaffen. Sein Sohn will daran nicht beteiligt gewesen sein. Er sei nur den Beratern gefolgt. (Die Zeit vom 2. November 2023.)

Die NYT, 7.11.23: Donald Trump, a leading contender to win the U.S. presidential election a year from now, took the witness stand in his civil fraud trial in Manhattan. In chaotic testimony, the former president lashed out at his accusers and denied their claims, even while conceding involvement in some of the conduct at the heart of the case. Trump attacked New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, as a “political hack,” derided the proceeding as “very unfair” and scolded the judge overseeing the case, Arthur Engoron, for having decided before the trial that he had committed fraud. “He called me a fraud, and he doesn’t know anything about me,” he said, pointing at the judge, who flashed a grin.

> Nach einer guten Stunde platzte Richter Arthur Engoron der Kragen. Donald Trump hatte mal wieder nicht auf eine Frage geantwortet. Stattdessen wütete er. Engoron beugte sich vor und herrschte die Anwälte an: Brächten sie ihren Mandanten nicht unverzüglich unter Kontrolle, würde er Trump des Saales verweisen und ihm seinen Unwillen, zur Aufklärung beizutragen, zur Last legen. Pardon, erwiderte Trumps Anwalt Christopher Kise scharf, der "ehemalige und ganz bald wieder neue Befehlshaber" der Vereinigten Staaten benötige keine Belehrungen.
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* BBC News, New York: legal analysts told the BBC that after two damaging weeks of testimony from members of the Trump family, salvaging their case now will be a herculean task. "It's been a disaster from a legal perspective," said Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor and president of West Coast Trial Lawyers. He believes that Mr Trump is "going to lose this case, and lose badly".

## Weitere Aussagen

* Ivanka Trump became the fourth member of her family to testify at a New York trial over accusations of fraud at the Trump Organization. NYT, 9 Nov 2023.

## Verfahren

* The judge presiding over former President Donald Trump's New York fraud case rejected a motion by trumps lawyers on Friday seeking to have a mistrial declared. Trump's attorneys made the request on Thursday, claiming Judge Arthur Engoron and his law clerk had displayed bias and that he conferred with her so much it was as if they were "co-judging" the case. Engoron explicitly denied that claim on Friday, and called the motion "without merit." "My rulings are mine, and mine alone. There is absolutely no 'co-judging' at play," Engoron wrote.

The judge and his clerk, Allison Greenfield, have been ……

## MEHR ZUM THEMA:Donald Trump

Das war der Satz, der auf den Punkt bringt, was Trump und Millionen seiner Anhängerinnen und Anhänger fest glauben: Donald Trump wird der nächste Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten – und kein Gericht wird das verhindern können. Wahr daran ist: Egal, was die Richter am Ende entscheiden, in Amerika darf auch ein rechtskräftig verurteilter und sogar ein in der Gefängniszelle einsitzender Präsidentschaftsbewerber kandidieren und gewählt werden.

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* Trump’s Civil Fraud Trial in New York .… l in the New York Times (Artikelliste)
* *Trump attackiert in Betrugsfall Richter und Staatsanwältin (Zum Auftakt des New Yorker Betrugsprozesses erscheint Donald Trump persönlich – und wettert gegen die Justiz. Der Richter? Gehöre aus dem Amt entfernt. Das Verfahren? »Die größte Hexenjagd aller Zeiten.«)]* In: Der Spiegel vom 02.10.2023
* Wikipedia-List of Legal\_affairs\_of\_Donald\_Trump\_as\_president
	+ ( This article is about lawsuits arising out of Trump's actions as president. For the legal affairs in his personal and business life, see there (wp) *Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump* )

* ***No one is above law*** …… so follows the ……… fine of $250m

* Trump den zuständigen Richter und die Generalstaatsanwältin des Bundesstaates New York scharf attackiert. Richter Arthur Engoron sei ein „schurkischer Richter“, sagte Trump am Montag vor dem Gerichtssaal in New York zu Journalisten. Generalstaatsanwältin Letitia James – eine Afroamerikanerin – sei „rassistisch“ und eine „Horror-Show“. Das Verfahren wegen des Vorwurfs, er habe den Wert seiner Immobilien aufgeblasen, sei „Betrug“ und „Schwindel“, sagte Trump … In faz.net/aktuell  02.10.2023
* Donald Jr takes the stand in New York, in: thetimes.co.uk
* "Keine politische Kundgebung": Richter weist Trump in Betrugsprozess zurecht. Pro7-Video, 2 Min vom 7.11.2023

1. ↑ https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2023-11/trump-bertrug-prozess-verhandlung-new-york