NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers were thwarted Thursday in their longshot bid to put an immediate end to the New York civil fraud trial that threatens the former president’s real estate empire.

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    1 year ago

    FTA:

    "In seeking to short-circuit the case, Trump lawyer Christopher Kise argued that state lawyers had failed to meet “any legal standard” to prove allegations of conspiracy, insurance fraud and falsifying business records.

    “There’s no victim. There’s no complainant. There’s no injury. All of that is established now by the evidence,” Kise argued."

    Lawyer missed the part where liability has already been decided. This is about damages, not guilt or innocence.

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/26/politics/trump-organization-business-fraud/index.html

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        They’re not trying to win the case. They’re painting a picture so that after, they can get all their supporters lathered up.