美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普在纽约受审2 . 5亿美元的民事诉讼这可能会改变帮助特朗普入主白宫的个人财富和房地产帝国。
特朗普，他的儿子们埃里克和小唐。纽约司法部长莱蒂夏·詹姆斯(Letitia James)指控特朗普公司(Trump Organization)高管参与了一项长达十年的计划，在该计划中，他们使用“大量欺诈和虚假陈述行为”来夸大特朗普的净资产，以获得更优惠的贷款条款。该案件的法官做出裁决后，审判就开始了部分简易判决特朗普提交了对其资产的“欺诈性估值”，让审判来决定其他行动以及被告应该受到的惩罚(如果有的话)。
这位前总统否认了所有不当行为，他的律师辩称，特朗普所谓的虚高估值是他商业技巧的产物。
詹姆斯表示，特朗普的证词不会改变证据
纽约司法部长莱蒂夏·詹姆斯(Letitia James)在休庭后对记者说，特朗普的证词并没有改变她的案子。
“他漫谈，他辱骂，但我们预料到了，”詹姆斯说。"最终，书面证据表明，事实上，他夸大了自己的净资产。"
《纽约时报》称她“不会被欺负”
“我不会被骚扰——这个案子会继续下去，”她说。
辩方称将在12月15日前完成陈述
辩护律师克里斯·基斯(Chris Kise)表示，唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)的律师计划提交一份辩护，该辩护将于12月15日结束。
在今天法庭结束之前，恩戈伦法官还建议特朗普的律师，他不会积极回应基于特朗普律师指控的其职员行为的无效审判动议对被告有偏见并且不适当地影响了审判。
“我命令你不要做那个动作，”恩戈伦最初说——但后来他收回了。
“很明显，我们将申请无效审判——这是计划的一部分。(但)我们不想让任何人面临风险，”特朗普的律师阿琳娜·哈巴(Alina Habba)说，要求澄清他们如何才能在不违反该案禁令的情况下申请无效审判，该禁令禁止当事人对法官的工作人员发表公开声明。
“你可以提出那个动议。我很抱歉之前对你大喊大叫，”恩戈伦告诉哈巴。
法庭将于周三继续开庭，听取伊万卡·特朗普的证词。
特朗普走下证人席
在断断续续作证五个小时后，唐纳德·特朗普在完成直接讯问后走下证人席。
州检察官凯文·华莱士(Kevin Wallace)在结束提问时，向特朗普询问了他的前首席财务官艾伦·魏斯勒伯格(Allen Weisselberg)，他承认逃税，并询问了特朗普公司的内部控制。
魏塞尔伯格因税务欺诈服刑三个月对15项重罪指控认罪与他在为特朗普工作期间的报酬有关。
“人们恶毒而暴力地追捕他，因为他为我工作，”特朗普说。
特朗普表示，他只是因为曼哈顿地区检察官对特朗普组织和韦斯伯格进行刑事调查，才得知韦斯伯格的违法行为。
“我为他感到非常难过，”特朗普说。“他为我做了很长时间的好工作。”
关于目前的法庭案件，华莱士问道:“你认为特朗普组织需要因为你从这场诉讼中学到的东西而改变什么吗?”
“我不这么认为，”特朗普说，但暗示他会听从他的新会计公司。
“我们将看看会有什么结果，”他说。
特朗普展示十年前交易的清晰回忆
与当天最初的尖刻形成鲜明对比的是，特朗普以熟练的语气，对该国有关他在芝加哥和华盛顿特区的房产的问题做出了基本上简洁的回应。
虽然早期的证人，包括特朗普的儿子和特朗普组织的主要高管，在作证时经常难以回忆起交易的细节，但特朗普一直在展示对十年前的交易和电子邮件的清晰回忆。
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2023年11月6日，在纽约州最高法院举行的特朗普组织民事欺诈审判中，前总统唐纳德·特朗普受到纽约司法部长办公室凯文·华莱士的质疑。
州检察官凯文·华莱士(Kevin Wallace)就与这些房产相关的贷款文件提出了一系列问题，这位前总统配合了他的调查。
当华莱士提出特朗普在芝加哥拥有的一栋建筑的贷款协议时，特朗普开始为这笔贷款辩护，他说他已经提前全额还清了贷款。
“这笔贷款已全部还清，没有违约，没有问题，”特朗普说。“这是一笔非常成功的贷款...所以银行很激动。”
“没有受害者，”特朗普补充道。
Trump fraud trial live updates: Trump distances himself from financial statements
Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a$250 million civil lawsuitthat could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House.
Trump, his sonsEric and Don Jr., and Trump Organization executives are accused by New York Attorney General Letitia James of engaging in a decade-long scheme in which they used "numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentation" to inflate Trump's net worth in order get more favorable loan terms. The trial comes after the judge in the case ruled in apartial summary judgmentthat Trump had submitted "fraudulent valuations" for his assets, leaving the trial to determine additional actions and what penalty, if any, the defendants should receive.
The former president has denied all wrongdoing and his attorneys have argued that Trump's alleged inflated valuations were a product of his business skill.
James says Trump's testimony doesn't change evidence
New York Attorney General Letitia James, speaking to reporters after court had adjourned, said that Trump's testimony didn't change her case.
"He rambled, he hurled insults, but we expected that," James said. "At the end of the day the documentary evidence demonstrated that, in fact, he inflated his net worth."
The New York AG said she "will not be bullied."
"I will not be harassed -- this case will go on," she said.
Defense says it will finish presenting its case by Dec. 15
Donald Trump's lawyers plan to present a defense case that would conclude by Dec. 15, defense lawyer Chris Kise said.
Before court concluded today, Judge Engoron also advised Trump's lawyers that he would not respond positively to a motion for mistrial based on the actions of his clerk who Trump's attorneys have accused of beingbiased against the defenseand improperly influencing the trial.
"I am directing you not to make that motion," Engoron initially said -- but then he backtracked.
"We obviously are going to be moving for a mistrial -- that is part of the plan. [But] we do not want to put anyone at risk," Trump's lawyer Alina Habba said, requesting clarity about how they can move for a mistrial without violating the case's gag order that prohibits parties from making public statements about the judge's staff.
"You can make that motion. And I'm sorry I yelled at you before," Engoron told Habba.
Court is set to resume on Wednesday with testimony from Ivanka Trump.
Trump steps down from witness stand
After testifying on and off for five hours, Donald Trump has stepped down from the witness stand after completing his direct examination.
State attorney Kevin Wallace concluded his questions by asking Trump about his former CFO Allen Weisselberg, who pleaded guilty to tax evasion, and about internal controls at the Trump Organization.
Weisselberg served three months for tax fraud after hepleaded guilty to 15 felony chargesrelated to his compensation while working for Trump.
"People went after him viciously and violently because he worked for me," Trump said.
Trump said he only learned about Weisselberg's illegal conduct because of the Manhattan district attorney's criminal probe into the Trump Organization and Weisselberg.
"I feel very badly for him," Trump said. "He did a good job for me for a long time."
Regarding the current court case, Wallace asked, "Do you think anything needs to change at the Trump Organization because of what you learned from this lawsuit?"
"I don't think so," Trump said, but suggested he would defer to his new accounting firm.
"We will see if anything will come of it," he said.
Trump displays sharp recall of decade-old transactions
In a workmanlike tone contrasting with the day's initial vitriol, Trump has been issuing mostly terse responses to the state's questions about his properties in Chicago and Washington, D.C.
While earlier witnesses, including Trump's sons and key Trump Organization executives, often struggled to recall details of transactions while on the stand, Trump has been demonstrating a sharp recollection of decade-old transactions and emails.
State attorney Kevin Wallace marched through a series of questions about loan documents related to those properties, with the former president cooperating with his line of inquiry.
When Wallace brought up the loan agreement for a Trump-owned building in Chicago, Trump launched into a defense of the loan, which he said he paid off in full and ahead of schedule.
"This loan was paid off in full, with no default, no problem," Trump said. "It was a very successful loan ... so the bank was thrilled."
"There was no victim," Trump added.
