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Trump says he won't testify again at his New York fraud trial
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Trump had been expected to return to the witness stand Monday as the last big defense witness in the trial in New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit.
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Former President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post on Sunday that he won’t testify in his $250 million civil fraud trial in New York on Monday.
Former President Donald Trump said he will not testify in his New York civil fraud trial on Monday, back-tracking on a statement last week in which he said he would be taking the stand in his defense case.
Former President Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform Sunday that he is no longer planning to testify in his civil fraud trial in New York on Monday.
Trump had been expected to return to the witness stand Monday as the last big defense witness in the trial in New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit.
Former President Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform Sunday that he is no longer planning to testify in his civil fraud trial in New York on Monday.
The decision was an abrupt change from Trump’s posture in recent days, when his lawyers said he was insistent on testifying again despite their concerns about a gag order that has cost him $15,000 in fines for disparaging the judge’s law clerk.
Donald Trump, in an about-face on Sunday, announced he won’t be testifying in his own defense at the New York civil fraud trial that threatens his real estate empire.
Former President Donald Trump was supposed to return Monday to testify at his New York civil fraud trial, but he made a surprise announcement Sunday that he would not be heading to New York to appear.
“I will not be testifying on Monday," Trump wrote in an all-capital-letters, multipart statement on his Truth Social platform less than 20 hours before he was to take the witness stand.
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump said Sunday that he has decided against testifying for a second time at his New York civil fraud trial, posting on social media a day before his scheduled appearance that he "very successfully & conclusively" testified last month and saw no need to do so again.
Former President Donald Trump says he will not testify in his civil fraud trial, in which prosecutors accuse him, two of his sons and their company of a decade-long loans and insurance scheme.