NEW YORK — New York state’s $250 million civil fraud lawsuit against former president Donald Trump’s family real estate business is headed to trial next October.
At a fiery hearing in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, Justice Arthur Engoron laid out a roadmap for Attorney General Letitia James’ case against the Trump Organization. He set a firm trial date of Oct. 2, 2023, over objections from Trump’s lawyers, who want more time to prepare.
Assistant Attorney General Kevin Wallace said the Trump team’s defense strategy was to “delay, delay, delay” the lawsuit by jamming it up with unnecessary filings to push it back to 2024. Wallace said their tactics included “playing games about whether or not they’ve actually been served.”
