Donald Trump To Return to the Stand During New York Fraud Trial

After his contentious time at the witness stand, where he tried to grandstand and pander more to the court of public opinion, Donald Trump will be returning to the stand for his New York fraud trial as the defense's final witness.

According to CNN, the former president is scheduled to testify again on December 11, 2023. This was confirmed by Trump attorney Chris Kise, who also revealed that Trump's other son, Eric, who is also a defendant in the trial as one of the Trump Organization executives, will be called in to testify before his father. The younger Trump is scheduled to testify on December 6.

This will be the second time either Donald Trump or his son will be testifying in their New York fraud trial as their company, the Trump Organization, faces losing its ability to operate in New York due to the years of unchecked fraudulent practices in the company, including padding up Trump's financial statements so it could get better deals with banks and other lenders on loans for certain projects.

Trump's defense team has previously stated that it will finish presenting its case by mid-December. They have revealed that the final witness will be the former president himself.

The defense is also expected to call in four Deutsche Bank officials who were involved in the Trump loans, as well as another expert who will be testifying by the end of the week.

Donald Trump, Sons, Trump Organization Executives Set To Lose Case but Penalties Could Take Years

Meanwhile, legal experts are seeing that Donald Trump and his co-defendants losing the case, with Judge Arthur Engoron already finding that Trump committed fraud in his financial statements and declared him to be "not credible."

Trump has been accused of just trying to win the case through the court of public opinion and shore up sympathy from his base by continuously attacking the judge and his law clerk, accusing them without evidence that they were biased against him from the start.

However, while Trump continues to try and pander to his supporters during the trial and post-trial press conferences, his attorneys continue to struggle to prove in court that he did not commit fraud or that his actions in padding up his assets were justified.

As for possible penalties, Trump is expected to lose his business in New York. He may also pay $250 million in damages. However, as Politico noted, these penalties could take several years to take effect.

Donald Trump Loses Bid To Subpoena January 6 Committee Documents

Meanwhile, over at his Washington DC case that takes a look at January 6 and his federal election interference, Donald Trump was given even more bad news as a federal judge denied his bid to issue subpoenas for records related to the House January 6 Committee that investigated the Capitol insurrection.

CNBC reported that the former president tried to use the subpoenas in the case, but Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote that Trump's attorneys were engaged in a "fishing expedition" in their request.

"The broad scope of the records that Defendant seeks, and his vague description of their potential relevance, resemble less a good faith effort to obtain identified evidence' than they do a general 'fishing expedition' that attempts to use the [Rule 17(c) subpoena] as a discovery device," she wrote, adding that the defense attorneys failed to meet their burden to justify the subpoenas.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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