Judge deals Donald Trump a setback over fraud trial evidence

A judge has indicated he is not embracing Donald Trump’s view that most claims in his civil business fraud trial are too old for court, as the defence had hoped for after the trial’s first day.

The relevant statute of limitations bars claims related to activities before a date in 2014, and Trump’s legal team has argued that the time limit cuts off most of the case.Judge Engoron said on Tuesday that “statutes of limitations bar claims, not evidence” and that in the trial’s early stage, he is inclined to give both sides leeway to connect older evidence to claims in the lawsuit.

After Monday’s sometimes fiery opening statements, Tuesday’s court action centred on the more plodding task of going through years of Trump’s financial documents. An accountant who prepared his financial statements for years was giving evidence for a second day.Trump and lawyers for both sides twice went behind closed doors during a lunch break, when journalists and others had been cleared out of the courtroom.

Trump denies any wrongdoing. The former president and current 2024 Republican front-runner claims that Ms James, a Democrat, is wielding the justice system as a political weapon to hobble his ongoing campaign.

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