Former President Donald Trump’s legal professionals are set to ask a New York decide on Thursday for a directed verdict within the civil case towards the Trump household and their enterprise empire, arguing New York Attorney General Letitia James didn’t make a enough case earlier than resting.
Trump legal professional Alina Habba confirmed the protection would leverage the mechanism, which permits protection attorneys to hunt a victory within the case if the opposite facet fails to show their case beneath a preponderance burden — which means the proof exhibits that claims in a lawsuit are extra seemingly true than not.
“The attorney general rested their case, and it’s very clear that they have failed to prove the essential elements of the case,” Ms. Habba informed reporters Wednesday.
Ms. James says Mr. Trump, his sons and the Trump Organization submitted fraudulent monetary statements for years to achieve favorable phrases on loans and insurance coverage. She is looking for a whole lot of thousands and thousands of {dollars} in fines and desires to bar the Trumps from doing enterprise in New York.
Ms. James and her crew completed their presentation of witnesses and proof throughout questioning of Mr. Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump.
Ms. Trump stated she was not concerned in getting ready the statements of monetary situation on the coronary heart of the case and that it was arduous to recall the particulars of main offers made a decade in the past.
Ms. Trump will not be named within the lawsuit, although her brothers, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, are focused alongside their well-known father, who’s main the GOP discipline within the 2024 marketing campaign for president.
Ms. James, a Democrat, stated she is assured in her case.
Before the trial, Judge Arthur Engoron dominated in favor of Ms. James on certainly one of her claims. The trial is analyzing different claims and attainable penalties.
“The judge has already ruled that Donald Trump committed repeated and persistent fraud, and now it’s Trump‘s turn to try to defend that fraud,” Ms. James stated. “I am confident that we will prevail because the facts don’t lie.”
Ms. Habba stated anybody who’s been following the case can see faults in it. She pointed to inconsistent testimony from Michael Cohen, who’s Mr. Trump’s lawyer-turned-accuser, and stated he needs to be investigated for perjury.
“He’s been inconsistent, it’s been proven and frankly he needs to be prosecuted for it,” Ms. Habba stated. “They relied on Michael Cohen. I don’t care what side of the fence you are on in politics, you can’t rely on Michael Cohen.”
Ms. Habba additionally stated there needs to be a evaluation of “how much money was wasted by New York on a fake, phony case.”
