Trump news – live: Three trials underway in NYC as Steve Bannon calls Brazilian election stolen

Andrew Naughtie

October 31, 2022 at 6:28 a.m.·2 min read

Donald Trump’s legal troubles in New York are coming to a head today, with three cases involving him and his affairs set to be heard in court.

While his former adviser Tom Barrack faces an ongoing criminal trial in Brooklyn, Mr Trump himself is the target of a civil lawsuit claiming that he and his business systematically over- and under-valued real estate assets to obtain favourable loans while evading high tax burdens. And on another front, the criminal trial of the Trump Organization for an alleged tax fraud scheme is set to begin after jury selection was completed last week.

While Mr Trump will not be physically appearing in any of the three courtrooms today, he has already been deposed in the civil case, which is being brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. At the deposition earlier this year, Mr Trump reportedly took the fifth amendment in response to questions and read out a lengthy prepared statement.

Meanwhile, longtime Trump associate and international far-right agitator Steve Bannon has decried the defeat of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, claiming without specifying evidence that the election was in fact stolen. Mr Trump endorsed Mr Bolsonaro for re-election.

Key points

Trump Organization fraud case begins after jury selected
Letitia James’s fraud lawsuit goes to trial at last
Tom Barrack ‘foreign agent’ trial continues
Steve Bannon baselessly claims Brazilian election was stolen

Catch up: Letitia James’s lawsuit against Donald Trump

10:27 , Andrew Naughtie

New York Attorney General Letitia James has spent years building her fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump his three eldest adult children and a host of companies, organisations and persons associated with his eponymous real estate and licensing business.

The end result of her investigation was a 200-plus-page case alleging that the former president and his business empire falsely inflated the value of his net worth by billions of dollars in an effort to gain tax benefits and other benefits from insurers and financial institutions.

Alex Woodward and Andrew Feinberg have this report on what the case involves and how it came about.

NY attorney general files $250m lawsuit against Trump and three of his children

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10:15 , Andrew Naughtie

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