Manhattan Prosecutors Plan to Question Trump's Past Legal Run-ins During Criminal Trial

New York City, New York United States of America
Manhattan prosecutors plan to question Trump's past legal run-ins during his criminal trial.
Prosecutors want to use Trump's past legal issues, including recent verdicts against him, to discredit him to the jury.
The former president will be asked about recent verdicts such as the civil fraud trial with the New York attorney general and E. Jean Carroll's claims.
Manhattan Prosecutors Plan to Question Trump's Past Legal Run-ins During Criminal Trial

CNN

If Donald Trump testifies at his New York criminal trial, Manhattan prosecutors want to use his past legal run-ins to discredit him to the jury.

In a filing released Wednesday, prosecutors for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office say they'll ask the former president about the recent verdicts against him, including the recent civil fraud trial with the New York attorney general, where a judge found Trump and his company liable for committing persistent and repeated fraud by inflating the value of his assets to get better loan rates.

Prosecutors say they'll want to question him about what they claim is false testimony he gave on the stand at that trial last November.

They'll also ask about E. Jean Carroll who juries have said Trump should pay nearly $90 million over her claims that he raped her in 1996 and then defamed her repeatedly after she came forward in 2019.

Prosecutors also listed Trump's lawsuit against Hillary Clinton that was dismissed for being frivolous and in bad-faith and a settlement with the New York attorney general that resulted in the dissolution of the Donald J. Trump Foundation.

They'll also question him about the 2022 tax fraud conviction of Trump's company, a case also tried by the DA's office before Judge Juan Merchan.

The judge plans to hold a proceeding called a Sandoval hearing to rule on what’s fair fodder for prosecutors if a defendant testifies.

A Sandoval hearing is a common preliminary proceeding that reviews a defendant's criminal history and looks at how much prosecutors can ask if a defendant testifies.

Merchan said at the end of the day Tuesday that the matter could be debated in court on Friday – but only if jury selection was completed in time, which is still to be determined.

“If for some reason we are fortunate and get done early on Friday, we will take up Sandoval at that time,” Merchan said.


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If Trump testifies at NY criminal trial, prosecutors want to use his past legal run-ins to discredit him to jury

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    • Manhattan prosecutors plan to question Donald Trump about his past legal run-ins if he testifies at his New York criminal trial.
    • Trump and his company were found liable for committing fraud by inflating asset values in a civil trial with the New York attorney general.
    • Prosecutors want to ask Trump about false testimony given on the stand during that trial in November 2021.
    • Juries have ordered Trump to pay nearly $90 million over E. Jean Carroll’s claims of rape and defamation in 1996.
    • Trump’s lawsuit against Hillary Clinton was dismissed as frivolous and in bad-faith.
    • Trump reached a settlement with the New York attorney general that resulted in the dissolution of the Donald J. Trump Foundation.
    • Trump’s company was convicted of tax fraud in 2022, a case also tried by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.
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    • Former President Donald Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for his alleged role in a hush money scheme.
    • Trump pleaded not guilty after being charged.
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    • Donald Trump faces thirty-four felony counts for falsifying business records in Manhattan
    • The charges relate to hush-money payments made to Stormy Daniels around the 2016 election
    • Two other hush-money payments, made to Dino Sajudin and Karen McDougal, are central to the Manhattan District Attorney’s case
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    • Donald Trump is on trial for falsifying business records related to hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels in 2006.
    • The Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, claims Trump falsified records with the intent to commit other crimes or conceal other crimes, including state and federal campaign finance violations, state tax crimes and the falsification of other business records.
    • If Trump falsified business records to aid in the commission of these other crimes, he could be guilty of a felony.
    • The prosecution’s lead theory is that Trump meant to interfere unlawfully with an election by concealing information that voters might have considered.
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    • The Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, claims Trump falsified records with the intent to commit other crimes or conceal other crimes, including state and federal campaign finance violations.
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    • Former US President Donald Trump expressed disappointment that he was not given ‘unlimited’ chances to reject jurors in his New York criminal hush money trial.
    • Trump faces charges of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 hush money payment his then-lawyer Michael Cohen gave porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election.
    • Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg accuses Trump of trying to influence the election by covertly silencing Daniels from speaking about a sexual tryst she had with Trump years earlier.
    • Trump denies having sex with Daniels.
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    • It tells me he doesn’t really believe what he is saying and that Trump is trying to appear as a victim.
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    • But state law caps the number of would-be jurors his lawyers can strike without cause.
      • Saland said it is difficult to imagine that Trump ‘doesn’t know that simple fact’ about jury selection strike rules, particularly since he faces four pending criminal cases.
        • Some legal experts had initially expected it to take up to two weeks to select a jury, pointing to the presumed difficulty of finding people who could fairly judge the Republican Party’s polarizing presumptive presidential nominee. But after the first group of jurors were seated Tuesday, Merchan said opening statements could begin Monday morning if the current pace of jury selection continues.
          • Trump after court Tuesday accused Merchan of ‘rushing.’ But he previously complained that the projected six-week length of the trial is a form of ‘election interference’ because it would keep him off the campaign trail.
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