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NY appeals court declines to halt Trump’s civil fraud trial while he contests a pretrial ruling

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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals judge declined Friday to halt Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial, rebuffing the former president’s request to postpone it while he fights a pretrial ruling that could strip him of control of such assets as Trump Tower

Friday’s decision came five days into the closely watched trial, which drew Trump to the courthouse to observe — and fulminate — for days this week.

The appellate court last week rejected the defense’s last-minute effort to delay the trial just days before it began. On Thursday, Trump’s lawyers dropped a lawsuit they filed against Engoron as part of that challenge. Engoron ruled last week that Trump committed years of fraud as he built the real estate empire that vaulted him to fame and the White House.

Before the appellate action, former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney testified in the trial court Friday that values he assigned to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida — as much as $739 million in 2018 — were based on the false premise that it could be sold as a private residence. Such use is prohibited by Trump’s 2002 agreement with the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

 

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