NEW YORK (NEWSnet/AP) — Former president Donald Trump plans to testify again at his civil fraud trial, his lawyers said Monday.
He is to return Dec. 11, defense attorney Christopher Kise said.
In early November, Trump was called to testify by his adversary in the lawsuit, the New York attorney general’s office. For the December appearance, his lawyers will open questioning and can ask about a wider range of subjects than they could on cross-examination.
Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit says Trump and his company misled lenders and insurers by giving them financial statements that greatly inflated his asset values and overall net worth.
Now finishing its second month, the trial is putting a spotlight on the real estate empire that vaulted Trump into public life and, eventually, politics. He maintains that James is trying to damage his campaign.
At the heart of the case are Trump’s 2014 to 2021 annual “statements of financial condition,” which were used to help secure loans and other deals.
A Trump Organization executive testified Monday that the company no longer produces such statements.
The company continues to prepare audits and financial reports specific to some of its components, but “there is no roll-up financial statement of the company,” said Mark Hawthorn, chief operating officer of the Trump Organization’s hotel arm.
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