Trump lawyers lose bid to delay December 11 testimony

Story · December 5, 2023

Trump lawyers lose bid to delay December 11 testimony

By The Daily Fuckup Newsroom · From Trump’s December 5, 2023 Damage Control Edition

Delay game Confidence 4/5

Correction: Correction: This story has been updated to clarify that Judge Arthur Engoron rejected a request to delay Trump’s December 11 testimony, not a broader ruling on the fraud case itself.

On December 5, 2023, Donald Trump’s lawyers asked Judge Arthur Engoron to push back the former president’s planned December 11 testimony in the New York civil fraud trial. The defense wanted the appearance delayed until after the gag-order appeal was decided. Engoron said no.

The ruling kept one of the trial’s key remaining dates on the calendar and rejected a narrower scheduling delay, not a broader move on the merits of the fraud case. Trump had already spent weeks challenging the pace of the proceedings and the gag order that limited some of his public comments in the case. This request followed that same pattern, but it did not get him more time.

The case centers on state claims that Trump and his company inflated asset values and misled banks and insurers. Trump has denied wrongdoing. His lawyers argued that appellate review should come first, but on December 5 the judge left the December 11 testimony date intact.

For Trump’s legal team, the immediate result was simple: the appeal could continue, but it would not stop the witness appearance already set by the court.

Read other reputable coverage

Associated Press coverage of the gag-order appeal context · AP News
Associated Press coverage of the fraud trial context · AP News
Washington Post coverage of the gag-order appeal timing · The Washington Post

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