By late September, the New York civil fraud case had become one of Trump’s most threatening legal messes, with Judge Arthur Engoron preparing to rule on whether Trump and his business empire had lied to lenders and insurers for years. The screwup was that Trump’s team had spent months attacking the case as political, but the record was moving toward a finding that threatened the core business myth of Trump as master dealmaker.
First recorded Sep 23, 2023·Meaningfully updated Sep 23, 2023
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New York fraud case nears the trapdoor
By late September, the New York civil fraud case had become one of Trump’s most threatening legal messes, with Judge Arthur Engoron preparing to rule on whether Trump and his business empire had lied to lenders and insurers for years. The screwup was that Trump’s team had spent months attacking the case as political, but the record was moving toward a finding that threatened the core business myth of Trump as master dealmaker.
By late September, the New York civil fraud case had become one of Trump’s most threatening legal messes, with Judge Arthur Engoron preparing to rule on whether Trump and his business empire had lied to lenders and insurers for years. The screwup was that Trump’s team had spent months attacking the case as political, but the record was moving toward a finding that threatened the core business myth of Trump as master…
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