NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump returned to his New York civil fraud trial for a third day Wednesday after running afoul of the judge by denigrating a key court staffer in a social media post. Trump, the Republican front-runner in the 2024 presidential race, is voluntarily taking time out from the campaign trail to attend the trial. New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit accuses Trump and his business of deceiving banks, insurers and others by providing financial statemen
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump returned to his New York civil fraud trial for a third day Wednesday after. New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit accuses Trump and his business of deceiving banks, insurers and others by providing financial statements that greatly exaggerated his wealth.by inflating the values of prized assets including his Trump Tower penthouse.
But after he assailed Engoron's principal law clerk on social media Tuesday, the judge imposed a limited gag order, commanding all participants in the trial not to hurl personal attacks at court staffers. The judge told Trump to delete the “disparaging, untrue and personally identifying post," and the former president took it down.
During cross-examination, Bender acknowledged he missed a change in information about the size of the former president’s Trump Tower apartment.
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