Politics Oct 20 Judge fines Trump $5,000 after post disparaging court staffer is found on campaign website Judge Arthur Engoron avoided holding Trump in contempt, for now, but reserved the right to do so — and possibly even put him in jail — if he continued to violate a gag order barring parties in the case from…
Nation Oct 20 Judge says Trump risks jail time after violating gag order in civil fraud trial Judge Arthur Engoron did not immediately rule on potentially sanctioning Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, but noted that “in this current overheated climate” incendiary posts can and have led to harm.
Politics Oct 17 Trump employee and appraiser testify against him in civil fraud trial Trump company accountant Donna Kidder testified that she was told to make some assumptions favorable to the firm on internal financial spreadsheets. Outside appraiser Doug Larson said he didn't suggest or condone a former Trump Organization comptroller's methods of valuing…
Politics Oct 17 Accountant testifies in Trump civil fraud trial after Michael Cohen postpones Trump denies any wrongdoing, says his assets were actually undervalued and maintains that disclaimers on his financial statements essentially told banks and other recipients to check the numbers out for themselves.
Politics Oct 11 Trump's fraudulent financial statements were key to getting loans, former bank official says The former president obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in loans using financial statements that a court has since deemed fraudulent, a retired bank official testified at the New York civil fraud trial.
Politics Oct 10 Trump once signed a document with real size of NY penthouse, trial evidence shows A 1994 document pegged his Trump Tower triplex at 10,996 square feet — not the 30,000 square feet later claimed for years on financial statements that were given to banks, insurers and others to make deals and secure loans.
Politics Oct 10 Trump civil fraud trial resumes with ex-CFO Weisselberg testifying Weisselberg has laid low since leaving a New York City jail six months ago after serving 100 days for dodging taxes on $1.7 million in job perks, including a Manhattan apartment, luxury cars for him and his wife and his…
Politics Oct 04 Trump fraud trial explores who was responsible for his financial statements With accountants on the witness stand and Donald Trump at the defense table, his attorneys tried to pin blame on accounting firms. Lawyers for New York Attorney General Letitia James sought to show that the accountants relied entirely on information…
Politics Oct 04 After judge imposes gag order, Trump returns to court for 3rd day for fraud lawsuit trial After Trump slammed the judge's principal law clerk on social media Tuesday, the judge ordered all participants in the trial not to hurl personal attacks at court staffers.
Politics Oct 03 New York judge issues limited gag order after Trump makes disparaging post about court clerk The order applies to all parties in the case and pertains only to verbal attacks on court staff. It came after Trump recirculated a disparaging social media post about Engoron's principal law clerk, Allison Greenfield.