Closing arguments set to begin in Trump civil fraud case with the former president in court

Closing arguments are set to begin Thursday morning in the civil fraud case against Donald Trump and his company that could cost the former president up to $370 million and decimate his business.

Closing arguments are set to begin Thursday morning in the civil fraud case against Donald Trump and his company, which could cost the former president up to $370 million and bar him from the New York real estate industry in which he made his name.

Trump is expected to be in attendance in state Judge Arthur Engoron’s courtroom for the arguments, but Engoron said Wednesday that Trump could not deliver some of those remarks himself after he refused to agree to refrain from personal attacks during his presentation.

Entrance to the courtroom was delayed Thursday morning after police responded to a bomb threat at Engoron's home.

Ahead of a town hall in Iowa on Wednesday night, Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, that he was being “forced” to return to New York for the closings, even though he is under no obligation to be there. “This is a rigged and unfair trial,” he wrote.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose office brought the case alleging Trump and his company had engaged in fraud by overstating the value of his assets and properties in financial documents spanning over a decade, is expected to be in the courtroom, as well.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-fraud-case-closing-arguments-court-rcna131891

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