A combative Donald Trump clashed repeatedly with the judge on Monday as he took the stand in the New York civil fraud case threatening to cripple his real estate empire.One year out from an election he hopes will return him to the White House, Trump became the first former US president to testify as a defendant in a court case in more than a century.
“This is not a political rally,” the judge admonished Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. “Please, just answer the questions, no speeches.”At one point, a visibly angry Engoron told Trump’s lawyer, Christopher Kise, to “control your client.” Testifying under oath, Trump dismissed allegations that the company’s financial statements were fraudulent, describing them as “very conservative.”“They were not really documents that the banks paid much attention to,” he said, and the value of the “Trump brand” was not taken into account in the valuations of his assets.
Engoron has responded by slapping Trump with $15,000 in fines for violating a partial gag order imposed after he bashed the judge’s clerk on social media. Trump has already given testimony twice in connection with this case, both times in closed-door depositions.Trump and his sons do not risk going to jail, but face up to $250 million in penalties and potential removal from the management of the family company.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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