An accountant who prepared Donald Trump’s financial statements for years is expected to return to the witness box for a second day in a trial over the former US president’s business practices.
Courtroom sketch shows former Donald Trump, left, seated at the defence table next to his lawyer Christopher Kise The non-jury trial concerns six remaining claims in the lawsuit, and how much Mr Trump might owe in penalties. Ms James is seeking 250 million dollars and a ban on Mr Trump doing business in New York. The judge has already ruled that some of Mr Trump’s limited liability companies should be dissolved as punishment.
Mr Trump’s lawyers said the statements were legitimate representations of the worth of unique luxury properties, made even more valuable because of their association with Mr Trump. “That is not fraud. That is real estate,” lawyer Alina Habba said. After the first witness, Mazars LLP partner Donald Bender, gave evidence at length about Mr Trump’s 2011 financial statement, Judge Engoron questioned whether it might have been a waste of his time, because any fraud in the document would be beyond the legal time limit.
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