US President-elect Donald Trump along with his children Eric(L) Ivanka and Donald Jr. arrive for a press conference January 11, 2017 at Trump Tower in New York. Trump held his first news conference in nearly six months Wednesday, amid explosive allegations over his ties to Russia, a little more than a week before his inauguration. / AFP / Timothy A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
Former President Donald Trump and three of his children are on track for post-Halloween testimony in New York’s civil fraud case against him and his family business, setting up the potential for blockbuster revelations when they take the stand.
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed her $250 million lawsuit against Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump in September 2022, alleging that they — and company executives — inflated his net worth and overvalued their assets on years’ worth of financial paperwork for the Trump Organization. New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron has already ruled that Trump, his two older sons, several of their top lieutenants, and various corporate organizations that make up the Trump family business committed fraud.
In court, attorneys for James’ office advised that they intend to call Donald Trump, Jr., to the stand on Wednesday, Nov. 1; Eric Trump on Thursday, Nov. 2; and Ivanka Trump on Friday, Nov. 3.
The former president is expected to testify on Monday, Nov. 6.
Ivanka Trump has argued that she shouldn’t have to testify, as she has been dropped from the case, but New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on Thursday ordered her to take the stand. James had argued that Ivanka Trump was still “financially and professionally intertwined” with the family business.
Also Thursday, Trump’s attorney Alina Habba submitted a check for $15,000 to cover the two fines Engoron issued to Trump for repeated violations of the gag order barring the former president from speaking publicly about courtroom workers after making disparaging remarks about the judge’s law clerk. The judge found that his comments to the press on Wednesday violated that order.
A copy of a check submitted by the law firm of Habba Madaio, lawyers for Donald Trump, covering the $15,000 in fines issued by New York Judge Arthur Engoron (via court filing).
“Without waiving any rights or remedies, including, without limitation, any rights to appeal said orders, on behalf of our client, we enclose herewith a check from our attorney trust account in the amount of $15,000 in accordance with the Court’s orders,” a letter from Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba said.
The trial is expected to run through December.
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