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The legal team representing former President Donald Trump in his civil fraud trial in Manhattan plans to ask the judge presiding over the case for a quick ruling.
Trump’s attorneys are planning to ask Judge Arthur Engoron for a ruling on Thursday, claiming that New York Attorney General Letitia James didn’t prove her case.
James filed a $250 million lawsuit, claiming that Trump and his adult sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, defrauded banks, financial institutions, and insurers to get better loan rates and business conditions. She also seeks to bar them from doing any business in New York.
Trump attorney Alina Habba said Wednesday that James’ team failed to make their case before resting and that Trump’s lawyers “would leverage the mechanism, which allows defense attorneys to seek a victory in the case if the other side fails to prove their case under a preponderance burden — meaning the evidence shows that claims in a lawsuit are more likely true than not,” the Washington Times reported.
“The attorney general rested their case, and it’s very clear that…
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