Judge denies Trump from presenting closing arguments in New York fraud trial

The judge who ordered the tax fraud trial against donald trumptwo of his children and the family business in New York denied authorization to the former president who wanted to deliver closing arguments on Thursday, according to New York court documents.

Trump and his two eldest children are accused of fraudulently inflating the value of their properties, so the New York attorney general, Letícia Jamesasks the tycoon for compensation of US$370 million, in addition to banning him from doing business in the state.

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Both legal teams will begin presenting their closing arguments on Thursday.

Lawyers for Trump, who has repeatedly attacked the judge and attorney general for alleged bias, indicated that the former president and favorite for the Republican nomination for next November’s presidential election would present an extraordinary closing argument on his own behalf.

In the intense exchange of emails in recent days between the judge Arthur Engoroninstructor of the case, and Trump’s legal team, the judge said that if the former president wanted to speak he should stick to the facts of the case and “accept the limitations” that he imposed on her.

Given the lack of response from the tycoon’s defense in relation to these demands, the judge decreed that “As a result, he will not speak in court tomorrow (Thursday).”.

Likewise, the judge rejected the tycoon’s defense request to postpone the hearing until January 29 due to the death of Trump’s mother-in-law.

Trump’s legal team called the decision “very unfair”.

Trump repeatedly took to social media during this process to denounce the case as a “Witch hunt” and that was “decided” against him “before it even starts”.

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In a post on your platform Social Truth The Republican guaranteed that “I didn’t do anything wrong”And called Tiago“totally corrupt”.

“My financial statements are great and very conservative“he added. “This case should never have been filed.”, he maintains.

This is not the only legal process that the former president faces, as he is also accused of electoral interference in the Georgia (southeast) and alleged negligence in the management of top secret documents after leaving the The White House.

Source: Elcomercio

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