As his trial comes to an expected close this week, former President Donald Trump declared on Sunday he won’t be testifying Monday as was previously expected.
“The fact that our unassailable final expert witness has been so strong and irrefutable in his testimony, which will conclude on Tuesday, & that I have already testified to everything & have nothing more to say other than that this is a complete & total election interference (Biden campaign!) witch hunt, that will do nothing but keep businesses out of New York, I will not be testifying on Monday,” announced Trump in a set of lengthy posts on Truth Social. “MAGA!”
His trial was brought by Democrat New York Attorney General Letitia James in front of Democrat Judge Arthur Engoron.
James ran her campaign on a vow to “get Trump,” bringing a $250 million civil cast to block Trump from running his businesses in New York. Engoron issued a summary judgment before the trial began, effectively skirted due process, and denied the former president — and chief rival of the Democrats — his right to a fair trial.
“As everyone knows, I have very successfully & conclusively testified in the corrupt, Biden-directed, New York state attorney general’s rigged trial against me,” said Trump at the beginning of his first Truth Social post. “World-renowned experts, highly respected bank & insurance executives, real estate professionals, and others, both honest & credible, have stated, clearly & unequivocally, that I, & my very successful company, did nothing wrong!”
“My financial statements were conservative, liquid, & ‘extraordinary.’ A top professor from NYU Stern said, ‘If Mr. Trump were my student, he would get an “A” on his financial statements. I’ve never seen a statement that provided so much detail, & is so transparent, as these statements.'”
During the lengthy trial, Trump has issued strong rebukes of James, Engoron, and Democrats and even fought in back-and-forth court battles for his right to free speech while gag orders were placed on him. Among the oft-repeated claims outside court have been the financial statements “disclaimer.”
“They all have an ironclad disclaimer clause stating that the users must do their own due diligence & analysis — no reliance!” concluded the first statement. “The only fraud committed was by the highly partisan & out of control judge, & racist A.G. (who promised that, ‘I will get Trump’)…”
On the second page of his Truth Social post statement, Trump repeated his claims that Dems to President Biden at the top have continued to put their thumbs on the scale against the lead Republican candidate and their accusations that Trump grossly undervalued his properties.
“They claimed that Mar-a-Lago was worth only $18,000,000, when it is worth 50 to 100 times that amount, in order to illegally reduce my values & make a fake case against me,” continued Trump’s second page on Truth Social. “They did this on other properties, as well, & wouldn’t give me a jury. Likewise, the A.G. thugs do not want to acknowledge that I have paid almost 300 million dollars in New York City and state taxes during the years in question.”
“Importantly, I won at the appellate division, which effectively ended most of the case, but the biased judge refused to accept their order, an unheard-of first!” Trump continued.
