Former President Donald Trump announced that he will not testify at his civil fraud trial as was previously planned.
In an explosive all-caps message on his Truth Social platform, Trump slammed the “RIGGED” case against him and declared that he would not be testifying on Monday despite previously being set to do so as one of the final defense witnesses.
“As everyone knows, I have very successfully & conclusively testified in the corrupt, Biden directed, New York state attorney general’s rigged trial against me,” the 2024 Republican presidential frontrunner began his statement on Sunday.
“World renowned experts, highly respected bank & insurance executives, real estate professionals, as well as others, both honest & credible, have stated, clearly & unequivocally, that I, and my very successful company, did nothing wrong! My financial statements were conservative, liquid, & ‘extraordinary,’” he wrote, in all-caps.
Accounting expert Eli Bartov had testified saying the case had no merit. Bartov, an accounting professor at New York University, said in testimony last week that there was “no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud,” and challenged the New York Attorney General’s Office.
Trump cited the testimony of the expert in his statement Sunday.
“A top professor from NYU Stern said, ‘If Mr. Trump were my student, he would get an ‘A’ on his financial statements. I’ve never seen a statement that provided so much detail, and is so transparent, as these statements.’ Plus, they all have an ironclad disclaimer clause stating that the users must do their own due diligence & analysis – no reliance!” Trump exclaimed.
“The only fraud committed was by the highly partisan and out-of-control judge, and racist A.G., who promised that, ‘I will get Trump,’” he added in his lengthy missive.
In a statement to Fox News, New York Attorney General Letitia James said: “Donald Trump already testified in our financial fraud case against him. Whether or not Trump testifies again tomorrow, we have already proven that he committed years of financial fraud and unjustly enriched himself and his family. No matter how much he tries to distract from reality, the facts don’t lie.”
Seeking $250 million in damages, James is also hoping to take down the Trump business in the state of New York.
“They claimed that Mar-a-Lago was worth only $18,000,000, when it is worth 50 to 100 times that amount, in order to illegally reduce my values & make a fake case against me,” Trump continued in what was marked a “part 2” of his message.
“They did this on other properties, as well, and wouldn’t give me a jury. Likewise, the A.G. thugs do not want to acknowledge that I have paid almost 300 million dollars in New York City and state taxes during the years in question. Importantly, I won at the appellate division, which effectively ended most of the case, but the biased judge refused to accept their order, an unheard of first!” Trump wrote.
The former president concluded his unwavering stance, blasting the “witch hunt” against him and making clear he would not be taking the stand on Monday.
“Based on the above, and the fact that our unassailable final expert witness has been so strong and irrefutable in his testimony, which will conclude on Tuesday, and that I have already testified to everything and have nothing more to say other than that this is a complete and total election interference (Biden campaign!) witch hunt, that will do nothing but keep businesses out of New York, I will not be testifying on Monday. Maga!” Trump proclaimed.
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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