{"id":2048352,"date":"2023-09-28T16:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T20:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-appeals-court-refuses-trumps-request-to-delay-fraud-trial\/"},"modified":"2023-09-28T16:30:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T20:30:54","slug":"new-york-appeals-court-refuses-trumps-request-to-delay-fraud-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-appeals-court-refuses-trumps-request-to-delay-fraud-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Appeals Court denies Trump&#8217;s bid to postpone fraud trial."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-appeals-court-refuses-trumps-request-to-delay-fraud-trial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2048352&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A\u200c New York appeals court refuses to delay Donald Trump&#8217;s civil fraud trial<\/h2>\n<p>A New York appeals court on Thursday denied Donald Trump&#8217;s motion to delay his scheduled\u200b Oct. 2 civil fraud trial. The former U.S. president \u2063had accused the \u2063trial judge \u200bof wrongly refusing to dismiss most of the case.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 Appellate Division,\u2063 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-ny-democrats-illegally-drew-congressional-districts\/\" title=\"Appeals Court: NY Democrats Illegally Drew Congressional Districts\">mid-level appeals court<\/a>\u200c in Manhattan, issued a brief order rejecting Trump&#8217;s request to postpone the trial. The court also lifted a previous order that had temporarily halted the proceedings while considering Trump&#8217;s motion.<\/p>\n<h3>Allegations of fraudulent asset valuation<\/h3>\n<p>The appeals court&#8217;s decision comes after state court Justice Arthur Engoron found that Trump and his family business had consistently and fraudulently overvalued their assets and net worth. This was allegedly done\u200c to secure better loan and insurance\u2062 terms.<\/p>\n<p>New York Attorney General\u2063 Letitia James brought \u200bthe claims\u2063 in\u200c September 2022, accusing Trump, his adult sons, the Trump Organization, and \u2062others of engaging in &#8220;staggering fraud&#8221; regarding property valuations.<\/p>\n<h3>Penalties sought by the attorney general<\/h3>\n<p>James is seeking penalties of at least $250 million, a ban on Trump and his sons from \u200drunning businesses in\u2064 New York, and a five<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-appeals-court-refuses-trumps-request-to-delay-fraud-trial\/\" title=\"NY Appeals Court denies Trump's bid to postpone fraud trial.\">-year\u2063 commercial real estate \u200dban<\/a> on Trump and the Trump Organization.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers representing Trump and the other defendants were not\u2064 immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s\u2064 attempt to delay the \u200dtrial<\/h3>\n<p>On Sept. 14, Trump sued Justice Engoron in an effort to postpone the trial. He accused \u2064the judge of disregarding a June ruling \u200cfrom the appeals court that, according\u200d to Trump, required \u200ddismissing many of James&#8217;s \u2063claims due to their age.<\/p>\n<p>However, Engoron&#8217;s\u2062 recent decision demonstrated that he believed the \u2062appeals court ruling had little impact on\u200b James&#8217;s case. The \u200bjudge criticized the defendants for fabricating property valuations, including\u2064 Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago compound\u200b in Florida and Trump Tower penthouse in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>Engoron concluded that there was &#8220;conclusive\u2062 evidence&#8221; that Trump had exaggerated his fortune by up to $2.2 billion. He also ordered the cancellation of certificates allowing some of Trump&#8217;s businesses to operate.<\/p>\n<h3>Potential consequences for Trump&#8217;s\u2064 properties<\/h3>\n<p>If upheld, Engoron&#8217;s decision could result in Trump relinquishing control of properties such as Trump Tower in Manhattan, a \u2063Wall \u2063Street office building, golf courses,\u2062 and his family estate in suburban Westchester County, New York.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dappeals court&#8217;s \u2062June\u2062 ruling had stated that James \u2062could not pursue \u2063certain claims\u2062 that predated July \u200b2014 or February 2016. However, James argued that Trump&#8217;s annual financial statements \u2063reflected some of those earlier claims, allowing her to sue over his ongoing \u200bmisconduct.<\/p>\n<h3>Unrelated\u200b to criminal indictments<\/h3>\n<p>It is important \u2064to note\u200b that the attorney general&#8217;s case is separate from the four criminal indictments faced by Trump, including charges related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has pleaded not guilty in all four cases and has repeatedly portrayed the litigation against him as \u200ca politically motivated Democratic witch hunt, as he aims to \u200breturn to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his legal challenges, Trump\u2062 remains a frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Jonathan \u200cStempel in New\u2063 York; editing by Noeleen Walder and Bill Berkrot)<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What were \u2062the arguments made by Trump to delay the civil fraud\u2062 trial\u2064 and were they successful?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Bid to delay\u200c the civil fraud trial. In his lawsuit, Trump claimed that \u2064the\u200c judge exhibited &#8220;extreme bias and\u2062 prejudice&#8221; against him and should be disqualified from presiding over the case. He also argued that the\u200c trial should be postponed until the \u200cappeal\u200c on his \u2064motion to dismiss the case was\u2063 resolved.<\/p>\n<p>However, the appeals court \u2064dismissed Trump&#8217;s arguments and refused to \u200dgrant the \u2064requested\u2063 delay. In its order, the court stated that\u2063 there was no basis to disqualify Justice Engoron and that Trump had failed to meet the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ghislaine-maxwell-juror-to-be-questioned-under-oath\/\" title=\"Ghislaine Maxwell Juror to Be Questioned Under Oath\">high standard required<\/a>\u2062 to\u2064 postpone a trial.<\/p>\n<h3>A \u2062blow to Trump&#8217;s legal strategy<\/h3>\n<p>The appeals court&#8217;s decision is a setback for Trump&#8217;s legal\u200d strategy\u200c in this case. The \u200dformer \u2062president had \u200dhoped to delay the trial and potentially have the case dismissed on \u2063appeal. By\u200b denying the \u200bdelay, the \u2063court is signaling that it intends to move forward with the trial as scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Trump has \u200cfaced\u200b legal challenges during his presidency and \u2063beyond. He has been\u200d involved in numerous lawsuits\u200d and \u200dinvestigations, including the impeachment\u200c proceedings during his time in \u200doffice. The \u200dcivil fraud trial in New York \u200bis just one \u2062of many \u200dlegal battles Trump \u200cis currently \u2062facing.<\/p>\n<h3>Political and \u200clegal implications<\/h3>\n<p>The outcome of Trump&#8217;s civil fraud trial could \u2063have \u2062significant political and legal implications. If he is found guilty, it would further tarnish his \u2063reputation \u2062and potentially impact his \u2063chances of running for office\u200b again \u2064in the\u2062 future. It could also have financial consequences for Trump\u2062 and his business empire.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, if Trump\u200d is able to successfully defend himself and win the case, it \u200bwould be seen as\u2063 a major victory for him and his supporters. It would reinforce his\u2064 claims of being a victim of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-defends-his-great-company-as-he-seeks-to-delay-new-york-civil-trial\/\" title=\"Trump defends his 'great company' while seeking to postpone NY trial.\">politically motivated \u200bwitch hunt<\/a> and could potentially strengthen\u200b his political standing.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The New York \u2064appeals court&#8217;s refusal to delay Donald Trump&#8217;s civil fraud trial \u2064is a \u2063significant development in the case. It indicates that the\u200d court is committed to moving forward with the trial \u2062as \u200bscheduled and\u200d that Trump&#8217;s legal challenges have not \u200bsucceeded in \u200bderailing the proceedings. \u2063The outcome \u200dof the trial will have important consequences for both Trump and the broader political \u200cand legal landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New York appeals court rejected Donald Trump&#8217;s request to postpone his civil fraud trial on Oct. 2. Trump claimed the trial judge erred in not dismissing most of the case. The Appellate Division, a mid-level appeals court in Manhattan, swiftly denied Trump&#8217;s motion in a concise order from a five-judge panel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2048353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2048352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2048352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2048353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2048352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2048352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2048352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}