Donald Trump is set to return to the witness stand in his civil fraud trial
Donald Trump plans to testify again next month in his civil fraud trial, his lawyers said Monday.
He is to return Dec. 11, defense attorney Christopher Kise said.
Trump had plenty to say during his initial testimony Nov.
6 in the case, which has questioned his net worth, accused him of misleading banks and insurers and threatened his future in business in New York.
The Republican 2024 presidential front-runner denies all the allegations, and he used his first stint on the witness stand to lambaste the case, the judge and New York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought the lawsuit.
«People don't know how good a company I built.
You know why?» Trump complained as one of James' deputies questioned him. «Because people like you go around and try and demean me and try and hurt me, probably for political reasons.»
He called James «a political hack» and dismissed a pretrial ruling against him as a «fraud on behalf of the court.»
The second round of Trump's testimony could be still more expansive. James' office led the questioning the first time; next month, that role goes to Trump's own lawyers, and they can ask about a wider range of subjects than they could during cross-examination before.
When Trump's son, company Executive Vice President Donald Trump Jr., testified for the defense this month, for instance, he lauded his father, traced the family's history in business back to the late 1800s and talked the court through a glossy slideshow replete with sumptuous photos of skyscraper views, golf fairways, ballrooms, roof terraces and estates.
Eric Trump, who is Trump Jr.'s brother and fellow EVP, is due to testify for the defense Dec. 6, Kise said.
