Former President Donald Trump lost a last-ditch effort to delay the start of his Oct. 2 civil fraud trial in New York.
The Empire State's appellate division rejected Trump's lawsuit against the presiding judge over New York Attorney General Letitia James's civil case against Trump's company, the Trump Organization. The decision means he and other defendants tied to the business will head to trial Monday and comes as he seeks further delay of his two federal criminal cases.
Next week, the juryless trial in Engoron's court will resolve other aspects of the case, including whether Trump's company will face further punishments, including James's effort to regain $250 million from alleged ill-gotten gains. Trump attorney Chris Kise has countered that such banks made a profit off of the loans and that the former president always made his payments on time.
Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith's office accused Trump on Thursday of attempting to"intentionally derail" the timing of his trial in the documents case after his attorneys asked for a roughly three-month delay. That request “threatens to upend the entire schedule established by the court” and “amounts to a motion to continue the May 20, 2024, trial date," prosecutor Jay Bratt wrote in a filing.
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