纽约一名法官周三表示，纽约司法部长利蒂夏·詹姆斯的民事审判不会推迟2.5亿美元的诉讼起诉前总统唐纳德·特朗普和他的同名房地产公司。
阿瑟·恩戈伦法官说争论特朗普和其他人拖延案件的做法没有说服力。
“被告的论点完全没有价值，”恩戈伦在他的裁决中写道。
司法部长办公室指控特朗普、他的儿子小唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump Jr .)和埃里克·特朗普(Eric Trump)以及特朗普组织的高管在一些年里将他的净资产夸大了数十亿美元，以便他们可以从贷款人和保险公司获得更好的条款。
前总统、共和党总统候选人唐纳德·特朗普在阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利参加ALGOP夏季会议。，2023年8月4日。
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这位前总统在4月份的证词中称自己的房地产投资组合为“房地产界的蒙娜丽莎”公之于众上周。
审判预计将于10月2日开始。
特朗普否认所有不当行为。
Judge says New York AG's $250M lawsuit against Trump will proceed without delay
A judge in New York on Wednesday said there would be no delay to the start of the civil trial in New York Attorney General Letitia James'$250 million lawsuitagainst former President Donald Trump and his namesake real estate company.
Judge Arthur Engoron said thatargumentsTrump and others made to delay the case were not convincing.
"Defendants' arguments are completely without merit," Engoron wrote in his ruling.
The attorney general's office alleges that Trump, his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and Trump Organization executives inflated his net worth by, in some years, billions of dollars so they could obtain better terms from lenders and insurers.
The former president called his real estate portfolio "the Mona Lisa of properties" during an April deposition in the suit, according to a transcript of the deposition that wasmade publiclast week.
The trial is expected to begin Oct. 2.
Trump has denied all wrongdoing.
